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Leila Turner-Scott told Congress that ChatGPT gave her teen son, Sam Nelson, drug advice before his fatal overdose at the age of 19 and urged lawmakers to pass stricter AI safety laws during a Sept. 1...

"This technology is not safe," the mother said.

Private guards left their posts at three downtown buildings.

Security guards went on strike at major properties in San Francisco, including Salesforce Tower and the Transbay transit center.

California security workers at tech giants like Anthropic, Meta and OpenAI plan to strike. This comes at a tense moment for the AI industry.

Security guards working for Silicon Valley’s AI giants could go on strike as soon as union leaders call for it.

Two University of California tech workers explain their unionization process — and how unions can help recapture the original promise of tech being used to better people’s lives rather than make the w...

We partnered with the Ballers when they were little more than an idea, helping shape their identity, develop their messaging, and introduce them to a city hungry for something to cheer for. The result...

Working with the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) and a coalition of advocates, The Worker Agency helped stall the $110 billion Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger - a deal insiders call...

Philanthropy often analyzes conditions that produce preventable suffering. Yet privilege can allow the field to avoid those realities.

The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a $16.9 billion budget deal, closing a deficit of $640 million while avoiding many of the most painful cuts labor groups and nonprofits had feared.

Revenue from the sales tax has helped preschools stay afloat in Oakland and beyond. Soon, the measure will also set a $25 minimum wage for childcare workers.

The petition to Sundar Pichai, the CEO, included more than 4,500 signatures and included calls for buyout options

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Our campaign is unrelenting because Musk and Donald Trump will not stop.

By Diana Novak Jones July 1 (Reuters) - A California man sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday, claiming the company's ChatGPT platform exacerbated his bipolar disorder due to a lack of

The people answering the calls hear confessions, fears, and urges most of us would rather not think about. Demand for their help is growing.

The City hosts the companies, capital and culture driving a national backlash against artificial-intelligence data centers, giving us both responsibility and leverage.

As tech’s influence continues to grow, we’re going to need greater union density, argues Max Belasco, chapter co-chair of UPTE UC Los Angeles Chapter.

OPINION—In 2018, I attended my first Alliance for Boys and Men of Color (ABMoC) event as a partner. It was my first time lobbying at the state level, and my first time stepping foot in the State Capit...

Rejected citing ‘conflict of interest’, the ad took aim at Trump allies David Ellison, Paramount Skydance chief, and his billionaire father, Larry Ellison

His fortunes reached new heights while his online behavior reached new lows.

Anti-SpaceX protestors gathered outside of JPMorgan headquarters to protest the inclusion of SpaceX in their retirement funds.

On Friday, Elon Musk’s image loomed large over Times Square from ​the giant TV screen of the Nasdaq stock exchange, as tourists outside snapped selfies, SpaceX investors in T‑shirts grinned ‌at their ...

Pro-A.I. groups are spending gobs of cash to influence political campaigns. That’s terrible news for us all.

A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Thursday ​alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide, the latest lawsuit to accuse the company of failing to address ‌dangerous conversations between users and the company's chatbot.

A while back I wrote about San Francisco’s cab drivers—the people the tech industry came for first, back when it decided the rules didn’t apply to it.

San Francisco General Hospital was utterly unprepared to deal with workplace violence when a social worker was killed there, according to California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

Emotions spilled over at a gathering of Hollywood workers, union officials and a current FCC commissioner opposed to the planned Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger on Saturday, with some arguing that the mega-merger on top of other recent challenges in the business would mean the “death of Hollywood.”

Employment in the entertainment industry has steadily declined since its peak in late 2022

More than 2,000 University of California tech workers have voted to unionize with UPTE, citing concerns over layoffs, workloads and AI rollouts.

Marguerite Casey, Ford and others are supporting the mayor's universal child care effort. Will more join in?

Teen trusted ChatGPT to help him “safely” experiment with drugs, logs show.

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"Meta has knowingly taken steps and adopted policies that pad its bottom line at the expense of its users' safety and well-being," the Consumer Federation of America alleges in a complaint filed Tuesd...

Britain's antitrust watchdog is expected to launch an investigation into Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion acquisition of ​Warner Bros Discovery in "the coming weeks," ‌a spokesperson said on Monday.

JJ Abrams and David Fincher were among those signing on to the letter.

Joaquin Phoenix, Ben Stiller, Kristen Stewart and more stars signed an open letter opposing Paramount's pending Warner Bros. Discovery purchase.

J.J. Abrams, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Kristen Stewart and more signed an open letter opposing the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger.

In Seattle, activists inside tech giants are leaning into grassroots fundraising and peer support as petitions and protests draw little response from executives.