The Co-op said it did not recognize the criticism and said its probate advisers were highly engaged.<\/p>\n
Resentment of workers\u2019 treatment is already translating into policy, a break from the sluggishness of most technology regulations. Across the Atlantic and the continental United States, Governor Gavin Newsom<\/a> of California signed laws into effect last week that prohibit certain types of workplace surveillance.<\/p>\n California\u2019s laws aim to target workplace surveillance measures like heat maps that track employees\u2019 movements, including how long they spend in the bathroom, or having their emotional states monitored. Amazon warehouse workers have previously complained about being timed on their bathroom breaks, for example. And at Kaiser Permanente, a California<\/a> hospital chain, nurses have said automated systems rated their tone of voice in patient interactions.<\/p>\n Read more: California\u2019s new laws target workers\u2019 biggest fear of AI taking their jobs<\/a><\/p>\n *** Tell us: have you been monitored or assessed by AI at work?<\/a><\/p>\n Silicon Valley on screen<\/p>\n Artificial review \u2013 Luca Guadagnino takes on OpenAI in muddled tech satire<\/a><\/p>\n The Social Reckoning review \u2013 Aaron Sorkin\u2019s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg<\/a><\/p>\n Whom does AI benefit?<\/p>\n Two stories recently published in the Guardian\u2019s Reworked<\/a> series pose the question: who is AI enriching?<\/p>\n The first story details how the AI boom is leaving women out of the single largest engine of growth in the US economy. One visible example: Donald Trump\u2019s all-male summit of AI leaders last week: not a single woman in sight as the president preached the power of \u201csuperintelligence\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re talking about who captures a major new source of economic mobility,\u201d said Felicia Newhouse, founder of AI Powered Women, an organization that promotes women\u2019s participation and leadership in AI. \u201cThe deepest risk is that a participation gap becomes a power gap.\u201d<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to TechScape<\/p>\n A weekly dive in to how technology is shaping our lives<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Read more: The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind<\/a><\/p>\n Across AI-related occupations, the median pay of men is $45,000 higher than that of women, partly due to the types of jobs men and women are more likely to have, according to research by LinkedIn: men are still typically hired for higher-paying roles in the AI industry.<\/p>\n When pitching investors, one female co-founder of an AI startup said she had found through trial and error that she and her male co-founder are more likely to get an investment if he does the pitching.<\/p>\n Another story in the series examines how dire working conditions can become under the pressures of AI and automation. Refugees in Kenya are completing tasks for foreign technology companies under bizarre and opaque conditions.<\/p>\n The stories of desperate remote data workers used to highlight the low pay and horrid content they were exposed to. Today, workers who spoke to the Guardian say they aren\u2019t even sure they will be paid, as their compensation is tied to a so-called \u201creward\u201d system that decides whether they receive payment based on the quality of their work. Many of the workers called the system unfair but also said with dismay that they had few, if any, other options.<\/p>\n Read more: \u2018Someone else will do it for less\u2019: refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay<\/a><\/p>\n The workers in Kenya also expressed a desperation to earn any money at these jobs before AI could carry out the rote tasks they were assigned.<\/p>\n Contrast these stories of unequal benefit with Sam Altman\u2019s recent remarks on a podcast: \u201cWe believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.\u201d<\/p>\n Altman was referring to the consequences of AI like the hack of Hugging Face<\/a> or the attempted creation of bioweapons<\/a> by would-be terrorists. Bad, to be sure, but lacking the moral outrage of human consequences.<\/p>\n The wider TechScape<\/p>\n Microsoft suspended from applying for green cards for H-1B workers, JD Vance says<\/a><\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s release of mathematical findings draws concerns from experts<\/a><\/p>\n
Tell us: Are you being watched at work?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791971057_662_500.jpg\")
<\/p>\n