The RAM shortage could get even worse if Samsung labor protests cut production
… According to AP News, an estimated 40,000 union members attended a rally on Thursday outside Samsung’s Pyeongtaek, South Korea chip manufacturing facility. …
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Labor and worker’s rights in tech
Labor If the myth of tech over the past decade has been one of constant innovation, algorithmic scale, and new products and devices that “simply work,” the truth is that all of those illusions were made possible by the obfuscation of labor: the contract content moderators who sanitize the feeds of … …
Christian content creators are outsourcing AI slop to gig workers on Fiverr
… To a certain extent, that pattern mirrors the way that AI firms have historically outsourced their model training and data labeling labor abroad to keep costs down. …
Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work
… Adobe says this marks a “fundamental shift in how creative work is done” by removing skill barriers and laborious tasks, while still giving creatives full control over their work. …
Ikea
… Ikea Update Adds Matter Controller Functionality to Dirigera Hub homekitnews.com Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith isn’t afraid of AI robots replacing human labor The head of the Ikea-owned gig work platform on AI automation, the state of the gig economy, and the future of labor. …
Volkswagen
… The deal would save VW 1.5 billion euros $1.56 billion a year in labor costs and 4 billion euros a year by slashing manufacturing capacity by more 700,000 vehicles across its German plants through different production arrangements. …
Data centers are coming for rural America
… In the 1800s, when farm laborers were sent into the workforce in the Midwest, they had a basic education that made them trainable for factory work. …
TVs
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Uber employees have a Dara AI
… You guys do your GO-GET event, you have a bunch of news, and then you come down to where we are. Chock full of news for you. Yeah. Chock full of news. …