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Fewer hours and higher wages – or more burnout and surveillance: employers told to prepare for AI

Workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth launches best practice guide on AI adoption after Qantas and Canva job cutsEntry-level jobs will be the first to be automated due to AI, but it could mean fewer hours and higher wages for ordinary workers – or make jobs tougher with more burnout and workplace surveillance – the government

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Qantas to cut 850 Australian jobs and outsource work to India under AI-driven overhaul

Australian carrier announces agreement with Accenture amid ‘unprecedented’ technological disruption, CEO Vanessa Hudson saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas is preparing to cut 850 local jobs and outsource work offshore under an AI-driven overhaul, marking a growing wave of disruption to the Australian workforce.The changes represent the third major corporate

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AI job layoffs are here: it’s time to revive the push for shorter working hours | John Quiggin

There’s no doubt artificial intelligence will produce real productivity improvements. It’s imperative these benefits are shared with workersThe announcement that Australian software giant Atlassian will lay off 10% of staff has brought the debate over artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs closer to home.While a broader question about the usefulness of AI remains unresolved, there can

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‘Cruel hoax’ or ‘work-life balance nirvana’: whatever happened to the four-day work week?

It has been years since the four-day work week was floated as a solution to everything from traffic congestion to burnout. So why aren’t we all doing it now?Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDuring the global soul-searching that followed the rupture of Covid-19 lockdowns, one idea for how we might live better suddenly seemed

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Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push

Australian company’s restructuring plan to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise salesAustralian software giant Atlassian has announced it is laying off around 10% of its workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, as part of a restructuring plan to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise sales.Shares of the company rose more than 4% in extended trading on

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Without effective regulation of AI, society is facing a head-on collision with a driverless car | Peter Lewis

Artificial intelligence is accelerating exponentially before it has brakes, seat-belts, speed limits or a working GPSA self-driving vehicle ploughs into an oncoming car, combusting the occupants and leaving those who survive battered and bruised and staring into their devices wondering who is to blame.That’s the jump off point to Bruce Holsinger’s tech-lit bestseller Culpability, an

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