Artificial intelligence's dirty secret

Tech Insider : Economy
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Behind the AI chatbots and delivery robots are human workers, hidden from sight, keeping everything running.

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Meet the hidden human workforce behind the boom in artificial intelligence

There’s already a gender gap in who’s leading the metaverse

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How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles

Tech Insider : Economy
A baby wearing a too-large suit sits at a desk with a job-title plaque in front of them that reads 'Senior Executive Vice President
Associates are now "partners," and everyone's a "senior executive VP." Why did regular-old job titles suddenly get so pompous-sounding?

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Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs

Tech Insider : Economy
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Tech CEOs shouldn't be making $280 million a year or even $1 a year — they should be fired for poorly managing some of the largest companies in the world.

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Now laid-off employees are paying the price

China's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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China will lose half its population by the end of the century. The population decline is a warning for the US and Europe.

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The country's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

Want a 4-day work week? Move to Maryland, where the government is pushing for it.

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Maryland lawmakers introduced a bill that aims to incentivize employers to adopt a four-day work week.

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Quiet quitting is comforting — quitting is liberating

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The massive wave of layoffs is giving tech workers a brutal wake-up call about the reality of work

Tech Insider : Economy
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Layoffs are forcing tech workers to confront a harsh truth: the workplace isn't the same thing as a family.

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Gen Zers say they're rejecting job offers over a company's climate credentials, survey finds

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Younger workers are more likely to prioritize their company's ecological commitments, a KPMG survey found.

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Forget free beer and ping pong tables: The top job perks to look for in 2023

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