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Pope Leo XIV’s warning about AI’s risks was delivered alongside an Anthropic co-founder, prompting fresh scrutiny over whether ethical partnerships can coexist with aggressive AI deployment.

Samsung has struck a semiconductor profit-sharing deal that could deliver extraordinary bonuses to memory chip workers while averting a strike and highlighting how AI demand is reshaping the industry.

A TUC-backed IPPR report argues workers need stronger influence over how AI is introduced, including consultation duties and a portable support levy.

WIRED reports that women returning to software jobs after parental leave are coming back to workplaces transformed by AI-assisted coding expectations.

Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts have certified what organizers say is the nation’s first ride-hailing union, testing a new labor model for app-based work.

Samsung’s two largest unions approved a wage agreement that ties outsized chip-division bonuses to long-term profit targets and avoids a strike with broad economic stakes.

Current and former Krispy Kreme employees affected by a 2024 data breach have only a short window left to claim compensation from a $1.6 million class-action settlement.

Labor, civil rights and environmental groups are pressing Hyundai for stronger protections tied to its proposed $5.8 billion Louisiana steel mill, turning the project into a test of industrial development standards.

Failed labor talks at Samsung ahead of a planned May 21 strike are raising concerns across the AI industry, where high-bandwidth memory supply is already tight and difficult to replace.

Federal proposals to accelerate poultry lines and remove caps in swine slaughter are drawing sharp opposition from labor and public-interest groups.

Renault said it will halt plans to assign new vehicle production to its Spanish plants after failing to reach an agreement with unions on pay and working conditions.

A group of federal lawmakers is seeking answers from Apple over the planned closure of its Towson retail location, the company’s first unionized store in the United States.

As renewable manufacturing and installation scale up, German Bionic is positioning powered exoskeletons as a way to reduce injuries, extend careers, and keep projects moving.

Thousands of contract workers in more than 50 countries are recording household tasks with iPhones strapped to their heads, creating the movement data used to train humanoid robots.