Tech@Work – November 2, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, the share of employment related BIPA cases at the federal level grows compared to consumer cases; and familiar worker classification issues arise for nurses using gig economy apps.
Tech@Work — October 6, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, delivery apps in Brazil are using facial recognition technology to identify underage workers; California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required human drivers to ride in self-driving trucks; and a new book tracks the labor history of the term “Luddite,” comparing the problems that plague today’s gig economy to issues affecting factory workers in the Industrial Revolution.
Tech@Work — September 21, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, a company in Finland is having incarcerated people train its AI model; and democratic lawmakers are probing tech companies that use data labeling ghost work.
Tech@Work — September 7, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, Wisconsin launches a state taskforce on AI and the workforce; FTC Commissioner Bedoya expresses concern about Hollywood’s coercive practice of scanning background actors’ bodies in an LA Times editorial, and the Department of Labor’s federal contract watchdog will require that the contractors it audits disclose the use of AI hiring tools.
Tech@Work — August 24, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, home security apps popular in India are re-purposed for the surveillance and performance rating of domestic workers; and lawmakers in California grapple with the future of autonomous trucks.
Tech@Work — August 10, 2023 In today’s Tech@Work, the EEOC Chair lists AI hiring bias among agency's top priorities; and workers for gig work platform Urban Company organize protests over poor working conditions in four Indian cities.
July 27, 2023 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, tech-related issues at play in Hollywood strikes bubble up; and footage from Amazon’s in-van surveillance cameras is leaking online.
July 13, 2023 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, human workers behind Google’s AI chatbot call attention to poor labor conditions; and in a separate but related matter, workers who train OpenAI’s ChatGPT have filed a petition to investigate OpenAI for labor abuses with Kenya’s National Assembly.
June 29, 2023 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, military AI is being repurposed for worker surveillance, new questions are raised about the impact of automated farming technology on worker safety, and in Brazil, an increase in phone theft hits gig workers especially hard.
June 15, 2023 News & Commentary Tech@Work: responding to recent Republican tax proposals, some lawmakers raise concerns that the tax code incentivizes automation; civil groups urge the FTC to address algorithmic discrimination in a number of contexts including employment; and UberEats drivers in Johannesburg are finding themselves locked out of the app amidst power outages.
