In Bangladesh's garment factories, automation and surveillance technologies aimed at boosting productivity are straining workers, predominantly women, by imposing higher production targets and job insecurity, despite claims of higher wages from factory owners.
Scale AI, a $13.8 billion AI startup, is under investigation by the US Department of Labor for potential wage violations, including unpaid wages, misclassification of employees, and retaliation, amid legal challenges from former workers over labor practices.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has imposed a controversial $1 spending cap on federal employee credit cards, crippling operations across agencies by delaying shipments, travel, and preventing employees from ordering essential supplies and equipment.
In a significant ruling, a federal judge deemed the mass firings of probationary federal employees ordered by the Trump administration unlawful, directing the Office of Personnel Management to inform agencies it lacked authority for such sweeping terminations, delivering a victory for labor unions and nonprofits challenging the administration's efforts to …
In a major global outage, Microsoft left tens of thousands of users in major cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles unable to access email and apps like Outlook, Exchange, Teams, and Azure for several hours before resolving the issue without specifying the cause.
Amid controversy, the US government plans to use an AI language model to analyze federal workers' weekly emails detailing their accomplishments, potentially determining if their jobs are essential, sparking backlash from unions and employees but earning praise from President Trump.
While AI promises productivity gains, skepticism lingers as most American workers rarely use it on the job, and few believe it will enhance their long-term prospects, despite those who have used AI chatbots finding them helpful for expediting tasks.
Elon Musk's controversial demand for federal workers to detail their weekly accomplishments or resign has sparked outrage, with claims it aims to dismantle democracy by traumatizing employees, exacerbating Trump-era layoffs in crucial areas like nuclear security and pandemic prevention.
Multi-agent AI systems revolutionize software engineering by deploying specialized autonomous agents that collaborate like microservices to handle everything from code commits to database optimization, while principal engineers emerge as critical leaders who establish architectural frameworks, governance standards, and cross-functional collaboration to successfully integrate enterprise AI capabilities.