Comcast has filed notice to lay off 634 people at its Philadelphia headquarters while announcing more than 500 new local positions and a plan to build AI agents to talk to customers. Restructuring, the company calls it. The org chart, one presumes, has been redesigned for agility.
A survey commissioned by talent firm SHL says 19 percent of respondents were laid off or replaced by AI and then asked to come back. Those asked back want raises, written job security and, for 30 percent, an apology. Goldman Sachs finds AI-displaced workers take a month longer to find new jobs.
An xAI subsidiary is reportedly offering to buy up to 418 homes in Southaven, Mississippi, near the gas turbines powering its data centers, on the condition that sellers release all claims in a pending noise lawsuit. The company denies the allegations.
The parents of a 31-year-old Seattle woman with epilepsy are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT designed a 25-day plan to cut her seizure medication to zero and told her not to tell her doctor. OpenAI calls the case heartbreaking and says the model involved is no longer available.
Privacy group noyb has filed five GDPR complaints in four countries alleging that Scale AI's Outlier platform tracks its 900,000 freelance AI trainers with up to 19 trackers, repeat face scans, and silence in reply to data requests. The company says the claims are unfounded and inaccurate.
A leaked email says Proton will re-interview employees about how they use AI from November 4 to 11, with results feeding a review of roles and continued employment. The company says it is not doing layoffs.
A New York Times investigation counts at least 350 AI surveillance towers on the US-Mexico border, with more than a million people in view and 1,500 more on the way. The privacy protection on offer is that the owner may choose to turn it on.