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US Unions Win More Workplace AI Protections as Agency Use Grows

The DecoderRelayed· Manuel Uth·· 16 hours agoNearly 70 percent of US agencies use generative AI, and unions are finally catching up with guardrails
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US public-sector unions are securing protections against AI surveillance and automation-driven job losses as nearly 70 percent of government agencies use generative AI, according to an Ernst and Young survey. Examples include retraining programs in Oakland, human oversight during a Pennsylvania pilot of OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise, and Ohio transit workers' veto power over autonomous vehicles. The article also cites state restrictions in California and New York.

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