Our annual occupational safety and health (OSH) conference is back, and this year's theme couldn't be more topical: OSH in the age of artificial intelligence 💻 📱 🤖

#AI sceptic Emily Bender: ‘The emperor has no clothes’ The computational linguist on her motivations for taking on Big Tech, the dangers of chatbots — and why AI is just a ‘glorified Magic 8 Ball’ www.ft.com/content/9029...

I won't deny that it needs a revision since it's started interacting with the real world but I agree we ought to criticise and refine, scrapping it won't do anything beyond make people's lives worse for the sake of capital gains.

Economic miracles stem from discovery, not repeating tasks at greater speed. #AI could still ignite a #productivity renaissance, only if we use it to dig deeper for new and inconceivable endeavours rather than merely drilling more holes > www.ft.com/content/55bc... via @carlbfrey.bsky.social

We’re criticising GDPR for all the wrong reasons theconversation.com/were-critici...

Elon Musk steps down from Trump administration on.ft.com/4kfE2WC

“By all means, critique the GDPR, but aim at the right target. Its abstract, transactional, individualistic DNA is ill-suited to the collective, lopsided reality of modern workplaces where employees’ data is fed into black-box AI systems.” theconversation.com/were-critici...

✂️ “Simplify”. “Streamline”. “Scale back”. Brussels is all about boosting competitiveness by cutting red tape. The intention to stimulate the economy is laudable, but there is a real risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Trimming will achieve little. theconversation.com/were-critici...

@leaypi.bsky.social su come le democrazie si illudono di gestire la complessità intervenendo sui capi espiatori. Superare le frontiere come indole “animale” e necessità umana. Idee per un’#Europa diversa, lenti per correggere la miopia di oggi | via @eugeniocau.bsky.social ilpost.link/AyIw7jXuvu

⚖️ Hot off the press! Our new report, “Innovation Beyond Technology. The Crucial Role of Skills in Driving Change in the Legal Profession: Perspectives from Lawyers at Major Firms in Spain”, is now available: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... via @ielawschool

+ #LawtomationDays | CALL4PAPERS | Technology and (Dis)Trust: #AI between confidence and controversy + 📅 Thursday, 2 & Friday, 3 Oct 2025 📍 IE Law School, Madrid 📞 lawtomation.ie.edu/conference/ ⏳ Deadline for submission: Sunday, 15 June 2025 🔁 Please circulate widely and wildly

Spain in the dark is safer than elsewhere with power @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/o...

The tech billionaires’ faith in this religion of technological salvation leads them to believe the end of this world, & the advent of a perfect one is nigh. They must believe, despite all evidence to the contrary. The rest of us are stuck in the real world www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

✍🏽 “House of gigs: Domestic workers, algorithmic management and the Platform Work Directive”; the draft of our latest co-authored chapter is out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

How to Survive the #AI Revolution The challenge isn’t just understanding where A.I. is headed but shaping its direction before we lose all possibility of control: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... via @newyorker.com

🎯 The 4th edition of the IE #Lawtomation Days will explore the impact and limits of regulation through the lens of trust This year’s theme—#Technology and (Dis)Trust—focuses on the legal and institutional mechanisms shaping confidence and controversy in #AI lawtomation.ie.edu/conference/

There’s no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance. We urgently need voices from outside the industry to help shape its future. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

🚨 Our “monumental” study on algorithmic management –exploring its context, sociolegal challenges, opportunities and emerging trends– is finally out! 📎 You can access the full study here, summary, annexes, empirical & legal databases included: employment-social-affairs.ec.europa.eu/study-explor...

A white-collar world without juniors? | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/8e730692-fd9c-45b1-84dc-7ea16429c5c6

Most of us aren’t using A.I. to save lives faster and better. We are using A.I. to make mediocre improvements, such as emailing more. That’s a mid revolution of mid tasks. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o.... Brilliant @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on @nytimes.com

📢 Out today: “The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work – Insights from the Food Delivery Sector”, a new multidisciplinary book edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone. 🔗 Check it out here: lnkd.in/eHupNeUC

Outdated legal frameworks are a barrier to the EU’s just transition – here’s how we can fix them by @aloisi.bsky.social theconversation.com/outdated-leg...

The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work, co-edited with @silviarainone.bsky.social, is now available @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @etui.bsky.social Thanks to the authors for their insights on app-based food delivery! More info 👉 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the... #GigEconomy #FoodForThought

The EU’s transition to ecological sustainability and digital transformation requires modern labour policies, worker-centered flexibility, and inclusion. @aloisi.bsky.social details how these transitions, like fraternal twins, share similarities but differ in key ways. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

How to make sense of the firehose of law-related news? FWIW, I find these lists & feeds indispensable: Big list of law folks: bsky.app/profile/davi... Law folks talk feed: bsky.app/profile/davi... Law-like talk feed: bsky.app/profile/davi... AI & the law feed: bsky.app/profile/davi...

🌻 The world of work is where the #green and #digital transitions could converge meaningfully. It is also where, without careful management, they could undermine one another, creating confusion and sowing the seeds of political discord among workers.

And finally, your boss wants you back in the office. And when you get back, get ready for next level surveillance tools that experts say will now be able to watch your every move.

¿Por qué Madrid se ha convertido en un imán para las élites universitarias? "Es eficiente como Londres y feliz como Nápoles"

🎙 Join us for the third #Lawtomation debate on “Future-proofing Legal Education”. We will host Wayne Holmes, @ucl.ac.uk, an expert on how AI is reshaping the way we think, teach and learn. March 27 at 14:30 CET @ IE Tower, Madrid & online. Registration: lnkd.in/diuvs2MB

🔋 The terms “twin” and “#justtransition” have, up to now, been a discursive device rather than a framework guiding policy. However, the interplay between the transitions is more than a matter of terminology – it is what dictates regulatory actions & practical implementations: bit.ly/eutwintransit

A little something to read while digesting your lunch/breakfast/dinner: the latest "AI, Law, and Otter Things"! marcoalmada.substack.com/p/a-quick-up...

🌱 Is there such a thing as the “#twintransition”? How can we integrate environmental and digital rights? What changes in labour regulation will be necessary to accommodate the green and digital transitions? 📌 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).

Please see my op-ed, Big Tech’s AI Isn’t The Future Europe Needs in Le Grand Continent In French: legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/02/1... In English: geopolitique.eu/en/2025/02/1...

#DataProtection has strong tools to ensure the accountability of #AI systems’ providers and deployers, & that the rights of individuals are considered throughout the AI lifecycle (transparency, fairness, purpose limitation & minimisation) blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... by @gzf.bsky.social

La settimana lavorativa corta non è ancora per tutti www.ilpost.it/2025/01/31/s...

Algorithmic management in the workplace: www.oecd.org/en/publicati... New evidence from an @oecd-ocde.bsky.social employer survey

Lina Khan editorial: Stop Worshiping the American Tech Giants www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...

Two days ago, the prohibitions in the AI Act entered into force. In this op-ed, I focus on predictive AI in law enforcement and make the case for a fundamental rights oriented analysis of the provision. 🔗 Read here eulawlive.com/op-ed-is-pre... DM if you can’t access it

A former Klarna manager said the rhetorical emphasis on #AI was no accident. According to the manager, there was a sense within the company that Klarna had lost its sheen in the media and among investors, and that Mr. Siemiatkowski was desperate to get it back. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...

Join us this March for a day conference on Structural Injustice at the University of Cambridge. We're celebrating our books on Structural Injustice with Jude Browne, @maevemckeown.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social & other brilliant speakers. Registration link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/structural...

The Maga vision of corporate life will struggle https://www.ft.com/content/f139d0dd-4ea6-48e9-8065-0337f0150592

Cosa sta davvero accadendo con Starlink, Meta e X lucysullacultura.com/che-sta-succ...

@nicolalagioia.bsky.social su Alessandro Leogrande 9q1yc.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/1t6...

In 2017, I attended the first edition of the Labour2030 Conf as a self-conscious PhD researcher. It was an awesome experience: great speakers, wonderful company and side activities. Plus, I found out that Porto, with its olive trees and seafood, is the most beautiful Apulian city outside of Puglia!

The truth behind your $12 dress: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling Shein's success www.bbc.com/news/article...

AI Agents Are Here. What Now? huggingface.co/blog/ethics-... Via @hf.co

"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being." Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Yesterday’s word count = 184 Ohhhh shiny!