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I presume there are specific economic levers but what are they? All I hear about is military spending.

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Serious question that I haven’t yet seen an article answering: what actual levers that really matter would a more united European response have to add pressure?

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Of course, though there feels a tangible difference when you start to condition your planning to it, which I did this morning…

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Unions 21 @unions21.org · 14/02/2025

How depressing is it to find yourself even half-contemplating in planning conversations the potential the world might just blow up around you. To find yourself saying “we should know more clearly in six months so let’s not commit before then”

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To finish your week, here's a nice little case study of how a union is using AI in a really effective way – to quickly review and categorise hundreds of emails they’re receiving every day in a shared inbox. youtube.com/shorts/SKAuF...

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Steven Willocx ACV-CVS: using AI to make it easier to process hundreds of emails in a shared inbox.

YouTube video by The Centre for Responsible Union AI

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Nick Scott @nickscott.digital · 12/02/2025

Randomly having given a 1* review it now has thousands of reviews

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No reviews?! I think a 1* review might be called for.

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ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🤖At the AI Action Summit, Eric Manzi stressed: “The future of work, shaped by digitalisation and AI, is inevitable, but the outcomes are not predetermined. By ensuring that trade unions are actively involved in this transformation, we can create a future of work that is both inclusive and equitable”

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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We're seeing a toxic surge of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric on GB News. This is what advertisers such as Sky are enabling. If Ofcom continues failing to enforce its own rules, then MPs need to step in and hold it to account. bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g...

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GB News Hit by Guest Boycott After Hosts Label LGBT+ People 'Paedos' and 'Deviants'

There was a flurry of Ofcom complaints after a series of offensive remarks by presenters on the right-wing channel

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

DeepSeek is the flip side of the same coin: It innovated because of, not in spite of, its constraints. And now that it has upended the assumptions of the dominant AI paradigm, we should reject its costly trade-offs and seek new ways to develop AI without so many harms. 24/

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

So it doesn’t matter if you're a company in the US, China, or elsewhere. DeepSeek should be a cue to pivot HARD toward investing in far more efficient methods of AI development. Even if you care nothing about community & climate impacts, it’s just better business. 19/

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

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Yes please! I’d be very interested to chat.

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Looking through the comments on the survey I found this, which reflects my concern: "I find it frustrating that AI continues to seem to be treated as a fringe issue by trade unions despite the fact that it is likely to impact massively on members across all sectors. "

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Unions 21 @unions21.org · 16/01/2025

Nearly 100 responses in and we can see that nearly half of union staff think that their union is not engaged in AI being used for internal operations or projects. Not surprised. More surprising is 1 in 3 saying their union is not engaged in policy, representation, advocacy on AI impacting members.

How focused do you think your union is on AI? -
Using AI for internal operations and projects.
43.30% Not Engaged
32.99% Exploring
6.19% Active
16.49% Don't know
Understanding AI for policy, representation, or advocacy.
34.02% Not Engaged
31.96% Exploring
16.49% Active
15.46% Don't know

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Just over week ago we launched the first ever global survey of trade union staff on #AI. We want to know their experience, hopes and fears with AI. What have we learned so far? @nickscott.digital asked AI to help with a quick analysis. youtu.be/crDhhik-Qpk

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How AI can help you do a quick analysis of survey results: a real-time example

YouTube video by The Centre for Responsible Union AI

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If we can do this we'd be in a great place to handle Microsoft making CoPilot free for everyone. Until then I worry what the consequences might be.

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We need instead to put in safeguards, create policies and develop safe spaces for experimentation in our organisations. We need to take it as given that many people want to experiment – and give them the information, training and support they need to use AI effectively and responsibly.

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Widespread availability is one of the biggest challenges of generative AI. And one we are not focusing enough on, in my opinion. Accessing generative AI is easy for staff. Organisations who think they can control their staff are wrong. If staff want to use generative AI they will.

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Non profits and unions already have concerns with people who use AI secretly. There'd be more of that. They already have demands for AI training. The pressure would increase. They already have challenges in identifying how to use AI effectively and responsibly. The challenges would multiply.

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