CUPE criticizes Liberal AI strategy for lacking worker protections
21d ago· 2 min readenNews
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Canada's largest union, CUPE, criticizes the Liberal government's new AI strategy for prioritizing Big Tech profits over worker protections. The union argues the strategy lacks measures to address AI-related risks to workers, including insufficient income protections for those who lose jobs due to AI and no guarantees for workers' privacy and data protection rights.
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CUPE is concerned the strategy is sorely lacking in measures to address the risks of AI harms to workers
nothing to strengthen income protections for workers who lose their jobs due to AI, and no assurances that workers' privacy and data protection rights will be protected
Canada’s largest union says the Liberal government’s artificial intelligence strategy announced Thursday is putting the profits of Big Tech billionaires ahead of workers and the public by soft-pedalling protections against the risks of AI.
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