Build A Rocket Boy MindsEye By Lewis Parker Published April 21, 2026 | Comments 2 In a statement forwarded to Kotaku, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain IWGB has announced that several employees of MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy have initiated legal action against the company fo… …
… The employees said their concerns include lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, but extend beyond those examples because classified work could happen without employees' knowledge or ability to stop it. …
In a letter addressed to Google’s managing director for the UK and Ireland, Debbie Weinstein, the workers asked the company to recognize the Communication Workers Union and Unite the Union as joint representatives for DeepMind employees. “Fundamentally, the push for unionization is about holding Go… …
… Microsoft employees have protested the company's relationship with the Israeli government on several occasions, with some of those employees fired as a result. …
… The company plans to lay off about 8,000 employees , 10% of its workforce of 79,000, starting May 20. The company reportedly has cut 25,000 jobs since 2022. Meta's AI surveillance Meta wants to train its AI on tasks it cannot yet replicate, focusing on how people actually use their computers. …
… Elsewhere, Teams was on the spot again , specifically about its "Automatic Update of work location" feature, which was misconstrued as a micromanagement and employee surveillance tool. …
… Williams also tried to frame one of his employees for the theft. …
… Anthropic was also among that list until it was blacklisted by the Pentagon for refusing the Department of Defense’s demands to remove weapon and surveillance-related guardrails from its AI models. …
… As reported by Game Developer , the union say the software - dubbed Teramind - was removed from staff devices in March after 40 employees signed a collective grievance against the company. …
… Roughly 900 Google and 100 OpenAI employees have since signed an open letter urging their employers to hold firm on the same guardrails. …
