I do hope Europe will soon be done with American Big Tech. But what about the Omnibus?!

Do androids dream of mass layoffs? Mass layoffs due to AI have already begun and even have a name: mega layoffs. What is missing is a plan to protect workers from the effects of the supposed www.rivistastudio.com/lavoro-licen...

Selon l’AFP, l’IA pourrait transformer les rédactions en automatisant une partie des tâches qui ont longtemps constitué le cœur du travail des journalistes:

The missing water dimension of the EU sustainable AI debate: a new piece in the recent @etui.bsky.social Green Newsletter: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫? 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐔 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐰 www.etui.org/news/who-get...

Where are those jobs that AI will bring? When are we going to see them? youtube.com/shorts/xJzqu...

WIRED experts will discuss how AI is transforming work....

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? Sensitive data, genetic, health, behavioural mixed, matched & cross-referenced across systems, uncovering patterns traditional analysis misses. No technical barrier stops it Today @cpdpconferences.bsky.social 14h15 More info: www.cpdpconferences.org/schedule

𝗪𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆

Analysing deeper levels of workplace surveillance. What happens when Palantir walks into your workplace? Join us tomorrow afternoon @cpdpconferences.bsky.social in the Classroom

L'IA transforme le monde du travail, mais pas de façon égale? Interviewée par @rfi.fr j'alerte : les femmes sont surreprésentées dans les emplois les plus menacés par l'automatisation, et sous-représentées dans les formations pour s'adapter. rfi.fr/fr/économie/20260515-développement-de-l

"'There is just so much pressure to use these tools. Some people are just using MeshClaw to maximise their token usage.'... 'Managers are looking at it. When they track usage it creates perverse incentives and some people are very competitive about it.'" www.ft.com/content/8ee0...

Tune in today at 15h00 and let's discuss with @mandree.bsky.social

At yesterday's #BrusselsEconomicForum, some speeches seemed to move quite quickly into an 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 narrative: more innovation, more competition, more venture capital, more AI diffusion, fast and urgent... I am not sure that we should simply accelerate adoption:

𝐀𝐈 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞́𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐚𝐢𝐬 🎧 Lundi 11 mai, je serai en ligne avec Martin Andree pour parler d’un sujet crucial : la bataille pour le contrôle des médias numériques, la domination des #BigTech, et les risques sur nos démocraties Inscrivez-vous www.etui.org/events/media...

Read the full brief here 🔗 etui.org/45B

The reduced obligations on providers and deployers of automated systems that are being proposed, and the resulting shifts in the costs of legal uncertainty, leads the author to conclude: ‘The effect is structural. Rights remain, but the conditions for their exercise are weakened.’

⚖️ General Data Protection Regulation #GDPR ⚖️ Platform Work Directive ⚖️ AI Act

Delving into the #DigitalOmnibus as a whole, the brief draws out the elements of the package that will be of greatest significance to trade unions and those fighting for labour rights, across three pieces of recent legislation:

As negotiations on the #DigitalOmnibus on #AI come to a head, an important dimension needs to be brought into the spotlight - How will the proposed amendments to the AI Act affect workers’ rights?

𝑰𝒔 𝑨𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈? questioning whether AI’s impact on the labour market and the current wave of layoffs in tech companies is being unjustly attributed to AI’s rise www.courrierinternational.com/article/econ...

𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🇮🇹 Lucky to be in a place of artistic, creative, intellectual exchange. Teachers' academic freedom, professional & pedagogical autonomy and the right to make judgments that no algorithm should make for them! How is society governing this?

🇸🇪 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗻, 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 & 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 T𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

We are at the final countdown to the AI omnibus, regulatitsz need to ensure that AI systems are indeed governed and that obligations in the AI Act are enforceable

Qui gouverne l’IA dans les universités ? 𝑀𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑒̀𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝐿𝑎 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑔𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...

Teachers aren't just AI users, they must be more than just end-users of these systems.🔽 In this project, we are working towards making teachers becoming better informed and active about AI in schools and its impacts on working conditions. @etuce.bsky.social

The arbeit.digital conference by @arbeiterkammer.at and @fesonline.bsky.social put forward interesting ideas to push for an 🇪🇺 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. A must to watch or dig in and a must to really make work that sovergnity at all levels

🎙️ The next 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 @etui.bsky.social features renowned researcher @alexjwoodsociology.bsky.social Join us for a deep dive into algorithmic management Monday March 9th register at www.etui.org/events/conte...

Tomorrow is the day! 🚀 W Before this book lands in your hands, there's a whole journey behind it. The photos show our colleague Daniel Herpoel in our printing press, cutting, stacking, and preparing every single copy with care. From manuscript to machine to your hands and eyes

🕗 Wednesday March 4, 5pm Brussels Come and join us for the book launch and a cocktail 🍾🥂 to celebrate ! www.etui.org/events/gover...

🕗 Wednesday March 4, 5pm Brussels Come and join us for the book launch and a cocktail 🍾🥂 to celebrate ! www.etui.org/events/gover...

Next Monday 23 Join the next AI Talk featuring 𝑴𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒚𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒆𝒆, UT Austin School of Information. We will explore the question: can we have 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? What mechanisms are available? Register: www.etui.org/events/worke...

Next Friday I'm joining McMaster University 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝑰 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒌 for a conversation on AI, Labour & Society, with Canada Research Chair Sara Bannerman. The talk will examine the various dimensions of AI, its impacts on labour and governance Feb 13 💻 csma.humanities.mcmaster.ca/events/ai-la...

📣 Lukusuositus! 📖 Euroopan komissio on esittänyt "Digital Omnibus" -paketin teknisenä yksinkertaistamishankkeena, mutta tätä on vaikea perustella. Käytännössä kyse on sääntelyn purkamisesta, joka muokkaa EU:n digilainsäädäntöä tavalla, joka heikentää nykyisiä suojamekanismeja. Lue analyysi ⬇️

An analysis of the Digital Omnibus @socialeurope.bsky.social The core argument is about how EU digital law is being structurally re-engineered www.socialeurope.eu/the-digital-...

𝗘𝗨 𝗜𝗡𝗖 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 ⚠️ 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽: -A new pan-American company form? -A uniform corporate structure? -Standardised corporate governance? -Regulatory simplification as an underpinning priority? How would collective bargaining,worker participation,information and consultation rights be framed?

🤖 #AI note-takers at work: the silent threat to privacy and compliance 📄 Read ETUI senior researcher Aída Ponce Del Castillo’s latest analysis on Social Europe and discover why governance, consent, and human oversight are crucial before deploying AI note-taking in the workplace. 🔗 buff.ly/ICuHtCb

What AI use cases are tricky to manage at work? Both for managers and workers? AI transcription tools promise efficiency but bring legal exposure, surveillance risks, and threats to fundamental rights www.socialeurope.eu/ai-note-take...

When deploying AI systems in workplaces, do employers fully exercise their authority when decisions are mediated by third-party AI systems? Join the discussion today 🔽

𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 @etui.bsky.social My first guest in 2026 is 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐞̀ discussing the rise of “bosses-as-a-service”, and what it means for labour law, workplace governance, and regulation in the EU. 🗓️ 13 January, 14:00–15:00 CET 📍register: www.etui.org/events/outso...

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: OpenAI scaling engagements with governments Major infrastructure strategy, Stargate, aimed at building and financing large-scale AI compute & data centres A diplomacy arm: OpenAI for Countries, framed around 'sovereign AI' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

At a critical moment for EU digital regulation, we unpacked the 𝑬𝑪'𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒔, it's legal changes and underlying motivations The recording of the dedicated 𝐴𝐼 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑘 is available: www.etui.org/events/omnib...

📣 Join the 𝐸𝑇𝑈𝐼 𝐴𝐼 on the 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑠 We will discuss how it impact our fundamental, social and labour rights Register here: www.etui.org/events/omnib...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐬: 𝐃𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants. www.socialeurope.eu/the-digital-...

Happy to speak at the 𝑨𝑰4𝑯𝑬 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 (Brisbane), my first conference in HE. I presented: 'Building AI literacy via the ETUI AI Game: a tool for learning, strategic thinking and negotiation theailiteracylab.com/join-us-at-t...

𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑫𝙞𝒈𝙞𝒕𝙖𝒍 𝑶𝙢𝒏𝙞𝒃𝙪𝒔 𝒆𝙭𝒑𝙖𝒏𝙙𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒊𝙣𝒇𝙤𝒓𝙢𝒂𝙩𝒊𝙤𝒏, 𝒑𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒓 𝒂𝙨𝒔𝙮𝒎𝙚𝒕𝙧𝒊𝙚𝒔 𝒊𝙣 𝙚𝒎𝙥𝒍𝙤𝒚𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒕. 𝙄𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. The amendments do have a direct and far-reaching consequence for the context of employment. These changes affect workplaces where data-driven & algorithmic management methods are used

The 𝑬𝑪'𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒔 is finally published. A disproportionate proposal excepmting employers from key obligations It opens a broad channel to process health data, including mental health, ergonomics, fatigue signals, trade union data ot political. www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

The 𝑬𝑪'𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒔 pushes to slash regulations in pursuit of competitiveness and risks undermining the very foundations of technological progress It reveals an identity crisis at the heart of the European project &marks a historic realignment of priorities www.socialeurope.eu/ctrlaltdelet...

🚨 The EP EMPL Comm has adopted a report calling for an 𝐄𝐔 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 1️⃣ Extends provisions on algorithmic management beyond platform work 2️⃣ Bridges labour law & data protection 3️⃣ Reaffirms collective bargaining & social dialogue www.europarl.europa.eu/news/ga/pres...

☠️ Who gains power with the 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘀? It’s not a simplification. It rewires EU digital governance, narrowing rights and accountability. It re-writes key definitions and safeguards: AI systems, personal data, transparency. No assessement of social + labour www.euractiv.com/news/the-hac...