… Workers and local communities in these countries are now pushing back against the demands and practices of big tech companies, which are resulting in enormous environmental and social costs to them, Carine Roos, a doctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., told Rest of World . … …
… Search giant Baidu i Baidu Baidu is a Chinese technology company that operates the country’s biggest search engine and video-streaming service iQiyi. ended 2025 with nearly 7% fewer employees, while electric-vehicle maker BYD cut roughly 10% of its workforce. …
… The recent moves come at a time of rising concerns about job losses from AI, the mental health effects of AI chatbots, and the environmental impacts of AI data centers. While some countries are rolling out AI regulations , President Donald Trump has signaled his disinclination to curb AI . …
… The perception of what AI can do is already moving faster than the technology itself, Bell said. “Even though AI may not yet be able to do your job, the fact your client or your manager thinks it can is enough to disrupt project budgets, schedules, and employment,” he said.
… It is, ‘Who can make AI work inside messy, complex enterprise environments that have accumulated decades of process debt, data debt, technology debt, and cultural debt?’” he said. “That is precisely the terrain Indian IT firms know best.” Referring to this as a “deployment gap,” Nandan Nilekani, co… …
… There is particular pressure on outsourced workers to offer cheaper rates and shorter deadlines, she said, as they are often employed commission to commission, with little financial security or legal recourse when wages go unpaid. “I feel a bit secured that I was able to grasp the technology faster… …