AIagent.at 🤖 AI NewsA new nonprofit program is sending 1,000 USD monthly payments to 25-50 workers whose jobs were affected by AI. The AI Dividend, run by What We Will and the AI Commons Project, aims to alleviate financial hardship from automation. It's one of the first actual UBI experiments targeting AI-specific job displacement. https://gizmodo.com/a-program-is-now-sending-basic-income-payments-to-ai-impacted-workers-2000737749 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption
Tech companies like Meta and OpenAI are ranking employees on internal leaderboards measuring how many LLM tokens they consume, with managers rewarding heavy AI tool users and penalising those who do not. One OpenAI engineer reportedly burned through 210 billion tokens. This tokenmaxxing trend ties to AI agents and coding assistants. The practice raises questions about whether high token consumption actually correlates with productive work. https://gizmodo.com/tech-employees-are-reportedly-being-evaluated-by-how-fast-they-burn-through-llm-tokens-2000736627 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Meta
Memvid, an AI memory startup, is hiring someone to bully chatbots for 800 USD. The one-day role involves stress-testing chatbot memory by spending eight hours yelling at AI systems and documenting every failure. The ideal candidate has an extensive personal history of being let down by technology. https://gizmodo.com/us-startup-wants-someone-with-a-history-of-being-let-down-by-technology-to-bully-ai-2000735786 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Memvid
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged tech executives at GTC to stop laying off workers and stop scaring people about AI, warning that fearmongering could lead to other countries adopting AI while America resents it. Huang is concerned AI is facing a major PR crisis, with growing public resentment and calls for boycotts and moratoriums. Half of US adults are now more concerned than excited about AI. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-ceo-wants-tech-execs-to-stop-laying-off-workers-and-scaring-people-2000736053 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Nvidia
DoorDash launched a Tasks app that pays couriers to submit videos training AI. Workers film everyday tasks like dishwashing or speaking in foreign languages. The data helps AI and robotics systems better understand the physical world. DoorDash follows Uber's similar approach to leverage gig workers for AI training data. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/doordash-launches-a-new-tasks-app-that-pays-couriers-to-submit-videos-to-train-ai/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #DoorDash
Rana el Kaliouby warns at SXSW that AI is becoming a boys club that could widen the wealth gap for women. Three out of four AI startup investments go to male founders, and she calls diversity so important as the technology creates massive economic opportunity. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/ais-boys-club-could-widen-the-wealth-gap-for-women-says-rana-el-kaliouby/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #AIEthics
Poll finds Americans see AI as a wealth inequality machine. Nearly 60% support protecting workers displaced by AI over tech innovation incentives. 55% want tech companies held financially responsible for job losses. #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption https://gizmodo.com/americans-recognize-ai-as-a-wealth-inequality-machine-pollsters-find-2000734713
Almost 80% of Australian university students now use AI in their studies, creating an 'illusion of competence' where short-term performance improves but long-term learning suffers. A new report warns that cognitive offloading to AI undermines the effort required for deep, sustainable knowledge. Teachers should use AI as a 'cognitive mirror' that asks questions rather than just providing answers.
https://theconversation.com/almost-80-of-australian-uni-students-now-use-ai-this-is-creating-an-illusion-of-competence-278413 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Education
A Brookings study finds 37.1 million US workers in AI-exposed jobs, with 26.5 million well-positioned to adapt. However, about 6 million may struggle to find new work. The research arrives as tech companies like Amazon, Block and Pinterest continue AI-driven layoffs. https://gizmodo.com/workers-most-at-risk-of-being-hit-by-ai-layoffs-are-well-positioned-to-adapt-study-finds-2000733987 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Brookings
Silicon Valley promised AI would make work less intense. Employees would beg to differ. A new study confirms what Amazon workers have been saying: AI is adding to their workload rather than reducing it. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-employees-say-ai-is-just-increasing-workload-a-new-study-confirms-their-suspicions-2000732794 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #WorkforceDisruption #Amazon
