“Amazon delivery drivers, alongside warehouse workers and other people in the Amazon delivery supply chain, are subject to intense amounts of surveillance. Amazon has multiple avenues for surveilling its delivery …
Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs. Inside a multistory office building in Manila’s financial district, around 60 young …
The United Automobile Workers (UAW), Communications Workers of America (CWA), and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit today against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their …
“Across the country, employers are increasingly using AI and other digital technologies in ways that stand to have profound consequences for wages, working conditions, employment, race and gender equity, and …
“In response to widespread concerns about data tracking and the collection of personal information, corporations are deploying a new brand of technologies, including forms of artificial intelligence, that claim to …
TikTok workers in Germany are half way through a four-day strike over the social media giant’s plans to replace around 150 content moderators with artificial intelligence and refusal to engage …
Adelaide-based Uber driver Mohammad Shareed Hotak was thrown off the platform for two months after he reported an assault by passengers who made an unproven allegation of threatening behaviour. In …
The Cost of Convenience
Since entering India’s e-commerce market in 2013, Amazon has experienced rapid and sustained growth. The company’s expansion narrative is both straightforward and ambitious: to deliver faster service to customers. However, …