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Tech & Society

CEOs Look to AI to Replace Workers: Amazon and other major companies say AI will reduce their corporate workforces

Leaders at some of the biggest U.S. corporations say they’re preparing for AI to eliminate many jobs within their organizations.

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Business

Machine Translation in Action: Duolingo turns to AI translation to expand its most popular courses to all 28 user languages

AI is bringing a massive boost in productivity to Duolingo, maker of the most popular app for learning languages.

Business

Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions

Big AI companies found creative ways to gain cutting-edge technology and talent without buying startups.

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Tech & Society

Robots On the Loading Dock: Tensions mount as automation transforms U.S. shipping ports

Shipping ports are the latest front in the rising tension between labor unions and AI-powered automation.

Tech & Society

Knowledge Workers Embrace AI: AI gaining traction at work, rewarding early adopters, survey finds

AI could offer paths to promotion and relief from busywork for many knowledge workers.

Tech & Society

AI Jobs Grow Beyond Established Hubs: AI careers spread across the U.S., outgrowing traditional tech hubs.

An analysis of United States job listings shows AI jobs are growing rapidly outside traditional tech hubs. Researchers at University of Maryland analyzed the distribution of AI jobs among U.S. job postings. California hosts the largest concentration...

Tech & Society

AI Creates Jobs, Study Suggests: European Central Bank study finds surprising growth in jobs affected by AI.

Europeans are keeping their jobs even as AI does an increasing amount of work. Researchers at the European Central Bank found that employment in occupations affected by AI rose over nearly a decade.

Tech & Society

Hollywood Squares Off: This year, AI helped reshape the film industry landscape.

The movie capital became a front line in the battle over workplace automation. U.S. film and television writers went on strike in May, and actors followed in July. They took up a variety of issues with their employers, but concern that AI would damage...

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Tech & Society

Actors Reach Accord on AI: All about the Hollywood actors and studios' deal on generative AI usage in films and TV

The longest actors’ strike in Hollywood history ended as actors and studios reached an accord on the use of generative AI in making movies.

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Tech & Society

No Jobs for Humans: Will the dominance of AI in the workplace leave enough jobs for people?

AI is taking over the workplace. Will there be enough jobs left for people? Workers of all kinds are on the firing line as large language models, text-to-image generators, and hardware robots match their performance at a lower cost.

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Tech & Society

U.S. Film Industry Limits AI: Hollywood screenwriters and studios make a deal to end the writers' strike.

Screenwriters and movie studios reached a landmark agreement that restricts uses of AI to produce scripts for television and movies.

Tech & Society

Fake Newscasters: Indian and Southeast Asian broadcasters embrace AI news presenters.

Tonight at 11: I’m an AI-generated character, and I’ll be bringing you the latest headlines. Indian broadcasters have embraced synthetic news presenters, Nikkei Asia reported. Their counterparts in other Asian countries also rely increasingly on automated anchors.