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Related News | November 26, 2019

Black Friday shopping season sheds light on self-checkout and the curse of ‘so-so technologies’

Brookings Institution

Examining the self-checkout lane on Black Friday, an encounter that has become a bane to retail workers and a symbol of the perils of the future of work.

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Related News | November 22, 2019

Boulder, Denver economies highly susceptible to disruption from artificial intelligence

Boulder Daily Camera

A look at how high-tech hubs like Boulder are economically vulnerable to the changes coming from the widespread adoption of AI expected in the years ahead.

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Related News | November 20, 2019

How a Gig Worker Revolt Begins

The New York Times

Mx. Zilles, a 29-year-old former grad student, was the leader of the newest revolt against the gig-economy start-ups that govern the lives of people globally.

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Related News | November 20, 2019

What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure

Brookings Institution

AI has generated increasing interest in "future of work" discussions as tech achieves superhuman performance, from manufacturing to radiology to legal contracts.

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Related News | November 14, 2019

Uber Hit With $650 Million Employment Tax Bill in New Jersey

Bloomberg Law

Uber owes New Jersey about $650 million in unemployment and disability insurance taxes as the company has been misclassifying drivers as independent contractors.

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Related News | November 12, 2019

Displaced workers need more than what economists are suggesting

Brookings Institution

Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee compelling critique of basic assumptions in the field of economics: financial incentives often fail to deliver.

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Related News | November 7, 2019

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Brookings Institution

Rapid digitization and the spread of new tech are ushering in a new era of economic disruption, igniting a debate about the implications for the future of work.

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Related News | November 1, 2019

Jeff Bozos’s Master Plan

The Atlantic

The scope of the empire the founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has built is wide. Indeed, it's without precedent in the long history of American capitalism.

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Related News | October 28, 2019

The CEO of Boston Dynamics says it ‘really bothers’ him when people call their robots terrifying. Here’s why.

The Boston Globe

Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert thinks there’s a disconnect in the coverage of his robots; headlines appear to be more grounded in "science fiction" than reality.

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Related News | October 24, 2019

State economic plan sees AI, fintech among ‘clusters of the future’

Boston Business Journal

Banking & financial services, robotics, quantum computing identified in Baker administration's new economic development plan for MA as "promising opportunities."

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