A bipartisan bill might just offer a step in the right direction for workers' rights in the age of AI, calling for further investigation "regarding artificial intelligence-related job impacts" (via The Verge). The "AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act" will require both publicly-traded firms and government organisations to report to the Department of Labor how many staff they fired due to AI automation. The act will also require companies to keep tabs on how many people they hire or retrain due to AI integration.
Anxiety about what AI means for the workforce is widespread. For instance, last month, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, which represents 15 million workers and 63 unions, produced a report calling for a “worker-centered technological future."
