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A man that wears a leopard print cowboy hat has a bold prediction: that AI will, in the next few years, replace up to 80 percent of jobs.

Artificial Intelligence

Strangely-Dressed Expert Warns That AI Could Replace 80% of Jobs Soon

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tipping workers is undeniably good, but with self-checkout machines prompting customers for optional tips, some wires are getting crossed.

Robots and Machines

Self-Checkout Machines Ridiculed for Asking for Tips

By Noor Al-Sibai

The meal kit subscription service HelloFresh has been accused of using monkey labor in Thailand to source its coconut milk.

Science & Energy

Meal Kit Giant Accused of Using Monkey Labor to Source Coconut Milk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua

Grocery Chain Using “Cashiers” Paid $3/Hour to Video in From Nicaragua

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Amazon is reportedly working on an internal messaging app — and employees working on it have discussed banning a hilarious number of labor-related words.

Amazon Discussed Banning the Words “Fairness” and “Pay Raise”

By Jon Christian

The billionaire said he wouldn't stop the United Auto Workers from holding a vote on whether employees should unionize at one of Tesla's factories.

Elon Musk Challenges Union to Let Tesla Workers Vote on Whether to Join

By Tony Ho Tran

Amazon is under fire for its controversial workplace cell phone ban in the wake of a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois during Friday night's tornado.

Amazon Under Fire for Workplace Cell Phone Ban After Deadly Warehouse Collapse

By Tony Ho Tran

Imagine sitting down at your favorite breakfast restaurant only to be greeted by a robot, not a human.

People Furious at Robot Serving Pancakes at Denny’s

By Lonnie Lee Hood

US Congressman Mark Takano introduced legislation that would chop most Americans' work weeks down to four days instead of five.

Congressman Proposes Four-Day Work Week

By Dan Robitzski

The German government will soon publish a draft law that would legally enforce workers' right to stay home and do their job remotely.

Germany Wants to Make Remote Work a Legal Right

By Dan Robitzski

Google fired a fifth employee who had been trying to organize the comapny's workforce, though the tech giant denies that was the root issue.

Google Reportedly Fires Fifth Worker For Organizing Unionization

By Dan Robitzski

Future studies researcher Roey Tzezana says workplace automation will mean the destruction of the middle class and the "end of the world as we know it."

Futurist Predicts “The End of the World as We Know It”

By Dan Robitzski

Self-driving car companies are benefitting from cheap Venezuelan labor as they compile mountains of annotated training data for their AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Self-Driving Car Companies Depend on Cheap Labor From Venezuela

By Dan Robitzski

An investigation reveals that schoolchildren in China are working illegal hours to manufacture Amazon Echo products as part of a school internship.

Robots and Machines

Foxconn Used Child Labor to Manufacture Amazon Alexa Gadgets

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon's AI automatically tracked and fired hundreds of fulfillment center employees for failing to meet productivity quotas.

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Used An AI to Automatically Fire Low-Productivity Workers

By Victor Tangermann

A Finnish startup called Vainu relies on prison labor to train its AI algorithms, arguing that labeling training data is giving inmates valuable skills.

Artificial Intelligence

A Finnish Startup Is Using Prison Labor to Train AI

By Dan Robitzski

Anonymous contractors at Apple's so-called "black site," a low-key office for Apple Maps development, described grim working conditions.

Apple Runs A “Black Site” That a Worker Called “Dehumanizing”

By Dan Robitzski

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Universal Basic Income

It’s Time to Shift Our Society to Robotic Labor and a Basic Income

By Scott Santens