… But CEO Mark Zuckerberg insists that the company must free up cash to invest in AI data centers, and that Meta can perform just as well with fewer employees because of AI technologies that augment human labor. …
… Meta’s Clayton denies performance philosophies have changed, saying people are evaluated on their impact and have been asked “to embrace AI for themselves and their organizations to enhance productivity.” He says adopting AI is “a well-known” company priority and the company is “focused on using AI… …
… Tech news outlet The Information this week reported that one AI agent used by a Meta employee caused a security incident that exposed company and user data to staff who weren’t meant to have access to it. …
… And the answer is … no one.” A senior sound designer for one AAA studio says employees go along with AI because they’re doing “whatever they can to stay hirable.” If they’re not “keeping up with the times,” or are outwardly anti-AI, they risk their jobs. “Many of my peers are already looking for wo… …
… The funding generated by that tax would go to what Steyer has called the Golden State Sovereign Wealth Fund, with some of that money being earmarked for jobs building housing, health care, and modernizing California’s energy infrastructure. “The aim of the initiative will be to strengthen the found… …
… Luccioni has become a leader in trying to create more transparency about AI’s emissions and environmental impacts in her four years at Hugging Face, an AI company, including pioneering a leaderboard documenting the energy efficiency of open-source AI models. …
… Current and former employees allege that OpenAI’s economic research unit has morphed into an advocacy arm for the company. OpenAI has defended its work, launching new initiatives to address AI’s societal impacts, and introducing safeguards to mitigate the dangers of AI models. …
… Interestingly, we've never done a layoff, which is rare for tech. In fact, last year we grew. In the year where we were being accused of having fired all our employees, we actually grew our employee base. But I think, in general, we failed to provide context. …
… The first concerns whether OpenAI breached its charitable trust. Musk alleges that in the early days of OpenAI, he believed he was investing in a nonprofit with a commitment to open source, or making its AI technology available widely for free download. …
… They've been wonderful partners in raising up the issue of AI regulation and AI safety. My plan coming into this race was to talk about tech and AI 5 to 10 percent of the time, because if that's what you care about, you're already voting for me. …