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The Government Says It Can't See AI Taking Jobs, So It Asked OpenAI, Google, Meta and Amazon to Tell It
Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling told Axios his department has signed data-sharing agreements with OpenAI, Google, Meta and Amazon to track how AI is affecting jobs, because — in his words — the government does not have the data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sits inside that department and supplies the jobs numbers the Federal Reserve uses to set interest rates. Meanwhile New York has passed a bill that would make employers report AI displacement by law, and it is sitting unsigned on the governor's desk.
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4.2% US Unemployment, 408 Million Jobs Gap…
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