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Carnegie Mellon University: Researchers Partner with Mass Transit Operators for Better Technology

Carnegie Mellon University researchers are codesigning the future of transit with people who operate buses and other mass transit vehicles. In partner...

FEDSCOOP: Commerce launches AI safety consortium with more than 200 stakeholders

The Department of Commerce announced a new consortium for AI safety that has participation from more than 200 companies and organizations, as the Bide...

Politico Mag: Liz Shuler Wants AI to Reinvigorate the Labor Movement

Thanks in part to rising trepidation about AI, Shuler believes workers — including professionals who’ve traditionally stood outside the labor movement...

Fast Company: OP-ED: Why we’re fighting to make sure labor unions have a voice in how AI is implemented

As president of the AFL-CIO, representing 12.5 million working people across 60 unions, and CEO of Omidyar Network, a social change philanthropy that...

Politico: What labor advocates want from AI policy

The AFL-CIO’s posture on AI in recent months has escalated from an already high point of demanding a seat at the table on AI-adjacent negotiations, to...

SAG-AFTRA and AFL-CIO Host 5th Annual Labor Innovation & Technology Summit to Empower Tomorrow’s Workforce

“In 2023, the labor movement demonstrated its capacity to confront corporate greed and champion responsible technology implementation across various i...

AFL-CIO and Microsoft Announce New Tech-Labor Partnership on AI and the Future of the Workforce

New AI alliance will educate workers, incorporate labor’s voice in tech development and help shape policy that supports workers“This partnership refle...

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: Executive Order Lays Foundation for Substantive Worker Engagement on AI

Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Biden–Harris administration’s executive order on artificial intelligence:Today, the Biden–Harris ad...