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The ASX200 finished 0.2 per cent lower in its third straight day of quiet trading, with heavy losses for the Big Four retail banks.

The ASX has closed 0.2 per cent higher, climbing for a second day despite a consumer price index report showing inflation creeping up in the US.

Artificial intelligence remains deeply reliant on human labor.

Google has a massive workforce of subcontractors to help maintain its search engine and now they're asking for more labor rights.

The Alphabet Workers Union said on Monday that thousands of contract employees assessing the quality of Alphabet Inc.’s Google search and advertising won a raise that brought workers’ wages up to $15 an hour, following a Bloomberg report documenting allegedly inadequate pay and benefits.

When Google's algorithms work like they're supposed to — when they show you the bit of information you're looking for and not nonsense or weird porn or propaganda or dangerous medical advice — you have people like Ed Stackhouse to thank.

Australian company Appen claims to have a network of more than 1 million global workers who label the data that AI systems are trained on. But some of these people are speaking out about low pay, late payments and ill treatment.

A Canadian tech conglomerate has withdrawn its $1.2 billion tentative takeover offer for Sydney-based Appen, which provides services to the AI industry.

Telus International (TSX:TIXT) (NYSE: TIXT) made and then unexpectedly withdrew a A$1.2 billion ($830 million) acquisition offer for Australian rival Appen Ltd (OTC: APPEF),