Workers at Meta are organising with UTAW after attacks on their employment rights, redundancies and shocking violations of privacy against both Meta employees and users of their platforms.
“Meta’s workers are paying the price for management’s reckless, expensive bets. While execs chase speculative AI, staff face job cuts, draconian surveillance & the cruel reality of being forced to train inefficient systems positioned to replace them” @utaw.tech
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The Guardian: Google DeepMind in talks with UK unions amid staff concern over US and Israel’s AI use
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Got my stickers on my laptop at last!
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John Chadfield, CWU National Officer for Tech, speaks to BBC Newshour about Google Deepmind.
“When artificial intelligence is developed without any accountability over its direction or purpose, it is bad for society as a whole – not for just the workers involved.”
— Dave Ward CWU General Secretary
Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’
UK staff of Google's AI research lab hope to block the use of the company's artificial intelligence models in military settings. www.wired.com/story/google...
“These conscientious workers demanding greater say over what they produce with their considerable skills are acting in the tradition of all those who have fought for workers’ rights before them.” — Dave Ward CWU General Secretary
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts