Universal basic income (UBI) has emerged as a potential solution to mitigate the economic disruptions caused by AI and automation, with proponents proposing various funding mechanisms like taxing income, consumption, land value, and automation itself, while emphasizing the need for sustainable policies, education/training investments, and addressing social-psychological factors beyond economic …
Duolingo, the popular language learning platform, is embracing AI to automate tasks and enhance its offerings, aiming to create more content and features to better achieve its mission while shifting away from reliance on contract workers for automatable tasks.
The White House's new executive order aims to integrate AI into classrooms by promoting AI literacy, funding AI-based education initiatives, and offering AI-related training and opportunities for students and teachers, sparking both enthusiasm for its potential and concerns over potential risks.
President Trump signs executive order creating White House Task Force on AI Education to plan Presidential AI Challenge and public-private partnerships for K-12 AI education and workforce training.
Kenya's teacher shortage has prompted some educators to turn to AI assistants like ChatGPT to manage workloads, but limited internet connectivity and concerns over standardization and trust in the technology pose challenges to widespread adoption, sparking debate over investing in AI tools versus hiring more teachers.
A new investigation exposes the underpaid African workforce fueling global AI through outsourcing firms, raising concerns about tech companies distancing themselves from responsibility for exploitative labor practices by employing workers through third-party intermediaries.
A renowned AI researcher's startup Mechanize, aiming to automate all jobs using AI agents, has sparked backlash over its ambitious mission to replace human workers and potential conflict with the founder's AI research institute Epoch.
Asimov's vision of AI as devices that can perform intelligent tasks will liberate humans from monotonous work, but we must proactively address the challenges AI may bring to society to mitigate potential unpleasantness.
Alarming reports reveal AI companies are exploiting actors' digital avatars, created from licensed likenesses, in questionable ads and propaganda, often through broad contract terms granting unrestricted rights over their images and voices.
As AI disrupts the gig economy, Venezuelans who relied on data annotation and content writing jobs face dwindling opportunities, with poor internet access and outdated hardware limiting their ability to adapt to more complex AI-related tasks.