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To manage complex technology environments, many CIOs and CTOs are adopting event messaging orchestration, says Harry Nicholson, senior product manager of automation and process management at Blue Turtle.

Career Literacy Strengthens Student Success Joshua.Bay Tue, 07/14/2026 - 03:00 AM New research from the DeBruce Foundation found early career literacy can help students prepare for an AI-driven workforce. Byline(s) Joshua Bay

Labor MP says ‘a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work’ was a founding principle of the ALP as media union calls for tougher new rules on AI use of creative work Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Labor MP Ed Husic says any moves to water down copyright law to benefit AI companies would be “going against the ethos” of the party and undermining the principle of “a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work”. Husic also

Weit über 200 renommierte Ökonominnen und Ökonomen warnen vor den Folgen der KI-Revolution für den Arbeitsmarkt. Es müsse jetzt gehandelt werden, fordern sie.

arXiv:2607.10780v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern science has experienced a long shift from individual work to team production. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) might appear to extend this trajectory by lowering research costs and enabling larger-scale collaboration. Yet if tasks once performed by coauthors can be delegated to AI, the same technology may also weaken the need for collaboration in parts of the research process. Here, we examine this tension by moving beyond average tea

arXiv:2607.10163v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study recovery of a low-rank tensor $\mathcal{T}$ and a low-rank matrix $M$ from sparse, noisy observations. $\mathcal{T}$ and $M$ share one mode. We relax tensor rank using the nuclear norm of the mode-1 unfolding. This unfolding carries the coupling. It also has an exact proximal operator. We couple $\mathcal{T}$ and $M$ through a learned linear operator $G$. We prove a minimizer exists for the ridge-stabilized penalized objective. We prove

arXiv:2511.05294v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Surveys often record how frequently people use the internet without measuring the infrastructures, skills, and support systems that make digital participation possible. Using the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, we study how internet-use frequency relates to labor income, employment attachment, and job seeking after 2010. The main digital-engagement analysis uses the comparable 2011, 2013, and 2015 waves, with 2017 retain

arXiv:2607.01254v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Benchmarks are the primary instruments through which AI capability is measured, compared, and governed. This paper argues that the validity of frontier AI benchmarks is a function of the quality of human judgment embedded in their construction, and that this quality is structurally scarce in ways that standard scaling narratives obscure. As foundation models approach ceiling performance on existing evaluation suites, discriminating signal conce

200 economists and AI leaders say something big is happening. What should we do about it? Plus: Apple sues OpenAI

IntroductionFinancial robo-advisors (FRAs), based on artificial intelligence (AI), are changing the ways people make investment decisions by providing advisory services that are based on algorithms and have different degrees of automation. But little evidence exists on the appropriateness of existing technology adoption theories to explain investor adoption of such systems. The present study investigates the explanatory and predictive power of three established and distinct adoption models for A

As generative AI transforms work across all fields, understanding human–AI collaboration is critically important to the future of work. This study analyzed behavioral data from millions of Claude AI conversations mapped to occupational tasks via the O*NET taxonomy to examine whether human–AI collaboration patterns are consistent with expectations derived from traditional technology adoption frameworks. Utilizing Technology Acceptance Model, Protection Motivation Theory, Social Exchange Theory, a

After decades in secure jobs, a new generation of Chinese retirees is entering later life with pensions, spare time, and an appetite for new experiences.

Industry is leaning into generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), and higher education is under pressure to prepare graduates for a GenAI-augmented workforce. Yet, there is still no clear structure for defining AI readiness across disciplines, programs, courses, and assignments. Current approaches often rely on broad institutional policies or individual course-level decisions, which can also create mixed messages for students, fragmented expectations across programs, and limited visibility fo

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor. Andrew A. De Mello, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years. The post Nominations Sent to the Senate appeared first on The White House .

Large Language Model (LLM) agents have moved beyond generating responses to executing multi-step tasks by calling tools, observing the results, and iteratively deciding the next action. Most agent systems run on desktops or servers, which support tool use and task automation. Mobile devices are also important agent environments because they are widely accessible and contain users' data, sensors, and daily-use applications. Existing mobile agents mainly operate smartphones through graphical user

We need new blueprints to scale production, workforce capability, and industrial competitiveness simultaneously.

We need new blueprints to scale production, workforce capability, and industrial competitiveness simultaneously.

We need new blueprints to scale production, workforce capability, and industrial competitiveness simultaneously.

We need new blueprints to scale production, workforce capability, and industrial competitiveness simultaneously.

We need new blueprints to scale production, workforce capability, and industrial competitiveness simultaneously.

Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple’s systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint’s most eye-catching claims.

From maritime trade to commercial nuclear power, insurance has been the enabler of major economic and technological developments by pricing risk, limiting downside, and spreading best practices. The emerging AI agent economy, projected to handle trillions of dollars in transactions by 2030, looks to be the next such development. Yet insurers' exposure to AI agent risk currently sits largely unpriced across existing insurance lines; between this silent coverage and growing exclusions, coverage is

When Apple employees interviewed for jobs at OpenAI, the AI startup's hardware head allegedly asked them to show up with something unusual: components they were working on and unreleased product samples. That's according to a blockbuster lawsuit filed by Apple, which accuses OpenAI of stealing confidential documents, spying on hardware prototypes, and tricking one of […]

Virtual Reality (VR) offers potential for productivity work by creating expansive displays anywhere, yet current systems often rely on external input devices that limit the on-the-go use of mobile VR. We introduce HandPad, a suite of bare-hand interaction techniques that leverage the benefits of asymmetric bimanual coordination and self-haptic support. HandPad assigns the non-dominant hand (NDH) to establish spatial frames and interaction contexts, while the dominant hand (DH) performs fine-grai

More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates and representatives from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, are calling for immediate action in a coordinated statement. The AI transformation could surpass the Industrial Revolution but unfold in a fraction of the time. The paper doesn't propose concrete measures, and studies so far have found no significant AI-driven effects on the labor market. The article Nobel laureates and AI leaders warn the window to prepare for AI's e

Prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction moves most building work into module factories, whose production floor operates as a flexible job shop. A major complication is decisive: long post-operation time-lags caused by concrete curing, watertightness ponding tests, and paint drying, during which a module is blocked while its workstation stays free. On benchmark instances grounded in an official national prefabrication guidebook, these lags inflate even the optimal reference makespan by

The studio said it has managed to mitigate the number of job cuts by transferring employees to other internal teams.

Software engineering jobs are under threat from AI . Some applicants are fighting back by using AI in the interview process, employing AI assistants that suggest responses on the fly during remote technical interviews. Meanwhile, some employers are countering with—you guessed it—AI. They’re applying AI-powered tools to detect telltale signs of AI use during interviews. This two-sided dynamic is turning hiring into an AI arms race with no clear winners. Yet as interviewers and interviewees naviga

Hundreds of economists urge immediate action to address AI's potential impact on the economy. In an open letter released Monday, they warn that AI could transform the economy and displace many jobs.

The AI revolution is here, and with it a fear that soon it will replace many of us in the workplace. The Australian government is grappling with how to deal with the multi-layered disruption but so far reform has been slow as it weighs up regulation against the claims of investment opportunities an AI boom presents. Could that change on Wednesday when the prime minister delivers a landmark speech addressing the government’s approach to the technology? The chief political correspondent, Dan Jervi

Labor sources say the PM will discuss safety concerns in speech this week but will not provide an update on copyright reforms to protect artists Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese will describe the progress of AI as an inflection point for society on par with the renewable energy transition, but is not expected to detail progress on copyright reforms to protect creative industries. The prime ministe

Europe suffered an unprecedented heatwave this June, with debilitating effects felt across various walks of life: thousands of deaths, particularly among the elderly, individuals and families suffering in “heat-trap” apartments, hospitals full and caught unprepared, school closures, and productivity losses. Adaptation measures are indispensable for coping with these soaring temperatures, which have cost lives and severely affected people’s well-being. However, rights-based litigation involving a

OpenAI just merged the ChatGPT desktop app with Codex - and removed my favorite productivity features. What were they thinking?

AI may either prompt some older workers to leave their jobs or help make their roles more efficient, research finds. Here's which careers may be most affected.

A structural shortage in labor supply across the semiconductor industry means the firms could be uniquely placed to grow EDA revenues.

The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strike Marilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City, helping to read patient charts and communicate with insurance companies over coverage. After nearly four decades in her job, Shuler is one of 12 nurses who were laid off Sunday after being replaced with AI-powered software, according to the New York State Nur

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The ‘worst’ and ‘best possible’ job at once: what it’s like to dedicate your life to documenting crimes against humanity - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon