Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.

Unpaid labour is more than unpaid overtime. It includes the time, costs and emotional effort workers contribute without being fully compensated, from administration, preparation, travel, training and ...

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Focusing on China’s AI data production industry, this article examines the formation of a multi-layered structure of data labor supply, demonstrating how workers with different labor relations and ...

Behind most AI products are thousands of workers who label, annotate, and clean data. Their work is essential but largely precarious and invisible.

Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.

Walmart is accelerating the rollout of AI tools for store workers, but the tech is prone to making mistakes that they must fix, clean up, or ignore.

Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.

One morning, when Jacob started his 9 a.m. shift as a UPS driver in Minnesota, he noticed it was hazy outside. It was July 16, and wildfires raging across northeastern Minnesota and southern Canada ha...

A pragmatic approach to the predictive logic of AI

As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.

As AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.

Google is requesting authorization to fill in a chunk of precious wetlands to build three data center buildings in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Amazon has bought a site in Texas where it plans to build a data center campus.

Border-surveillance researcher Iván Chaar López received a near-unanimous recommendation from faculty and outstanding external support letters. Still, he was denied tenure without explanation.

A new report by Ranking Digital Rights shines a light on the role of technology companies in building the surveillance stack of the 2026 World Cup.

Public discourse on artificial intelligence has begun to pull back the curtain on the systematic failures of global labor supply chains, writes Sana Ahmad.

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment

AI has transformed the game into monetized data, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Tatiana Dias.

Call center nurses at Kaiser Permanente said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.

Can an increasingly precarious tech workforce be a site of antiwar resistance?

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Welcome to the newest season of Building Local Power, The Data Centers Are Coming, where we take a trip across the country to some of the hot spots for data center fights. Big Tech is racing for AI do...

A court struck down Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee. But many foreign workers say years of shifting immigration rules have already pushed them to consider Canada, the U.K., and the Gulf.