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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Tech workers deem AI overrated, Sam Altman joins Microsoft, more

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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Tech workers deem AI overrated, Sam Altman joins Microsoft, more

[ad_1] Skeptical tech workers say AI is overrated; Australia launches inaugural AI month to shape responsible AI future; DeepBio makes history as first Korean cancer A.I. company to win CES Innovation award; fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman enticed by Satya Nadella to join Microsoft - this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look..1. Tech workers skeptical as more than half deem AI overratedOver half of surveyed tech workers, including software engineers, designers, and business leaders, believe AI, including innovations like OpenAI's ChatGPT, is overrated, according to a Retool study. The skepticism arises from a lack of evident transformative impacts on productivity or work quality for businesses. Respondents express difficulty relying on current AI capabilities, citing time-consu...

New York Times Tech Workers to Strike Over Return-to-Office Rules, Contract Delays

[ad_1] New York Times Co. technology workers plan to mount a half-day strike Monday afternoon, accusing the media company of trying to unilaterally force them back to the office without negotiating in good faith.The employees, who include software engineers and product managers, voted 404-to-88 last year to unionize with the NewsGuild, extending a wider wave of organizing in US technology and media businesses. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. The work stoppage will begin at 1 p.m., the New York Times Tech Guild said, with the union holding demonstrations on Zoom and in-person outside the Times' Manhattan headquarters, where some will wear Halloween costumes. The vast majority of the nearly 700 employees in the tech guild have agreed to participate in the strike, the union said.W...

The Consequences for Tech Whistleblowers: ‘People Come After You’

[ad_1] Ifeoma Ozoma was ousted from her role at Pinterest Inc. due to what she said was retaliation for speaking out about pay equity disparities. The experience didn't just cost her a job. She ended up leaving Silicon Valley entirely.For the latest episode of The Circuit With Emily Chang, I interviewed Ozoma on her farm in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Joining us there was Timnit Gebru, a former Google employee who left in 2020 after co-authoring a paper about the dangers of generative artificial intelligence, and Safiya Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression. The loss of employment wasn't the end for Gebru and Ozoma, they said. “You have stalkers,” Gebru said. “People come after you.” For Ozoma, the abuse started before she even left Pinterest. Ozoma, who is Black, said she advocated again...