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Salesforce’s aim to become agentic enterprise could spur copycat mass redundancies across customer…
Big tech CEOs are celebrating AI triumph, but what happens when their corporate customers follow suit? Will more AI agents replace people’s jobs, purchasing power and livelihoods? And when replicated on a global scale, how will households,…
Mr. Altman, AI isn’t just for young workers: Wisdom and experience are the ultimate AI…
Sam Altman's concerns about older workers and AI miss a key point. This article presents a new, inspiring angle for freelancers and contractors to use their decades of experience as a unique advantage in the AI era.
You've heard it all.…
Autumn Budget worries: If the self-employed aren’t “working people” what are they?
Self-employed workers excluded from working people definition face financial strain, pension problems and jitters about upcoming Autumn Budget
If you work for a living, you're a working person, right?
It shouldn't matter whether you…
Honk if you’re on a Teams call: Will Mercedes and Microsoft’s ‘driven’…
Just when you thought you could avoid another Teams meeting because you "will be stuck in traffic", Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz have announced they've joined forces so drivers can join Microsoft Teams meetings directly from their vehicle's…
Microsoft laid off 9,000 workers to fund AI. Now that talent could use AI to outplay Microsoft
When one Microsoft executive told laid-off workers to use ChatGPT for "emotional support," they accidentally handed those ex-employees the perfect weapon: revenge. With tech layoffs mounting up, we could be entering an era of "Revenge of…
AI is driving corporate downsizing: is this a path to efficiency or concentration of power?
A new era of corporate "right-sizing" is dawning, driven by the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This shift, aimed at drastically reducing payrolls and headcounts, is raising profound questions about the future of work…
British TV Legends slowly forced off screen as IR35 rules devalue creative independence
Broadcasters and streaming services that respect freelancer independence are likely to be at an advantage to attract top talent and viewer numbers in light of ITV's “bloodbath”
OPINION
The familiar faces that have graced British…
Freelancers: here’s how to avoid late payments in 2025
Freelancers should brace for more late payments in 2025 as the hiring surge risks payment delays. Here’s what to do about it
Nearly half (45%) of UK businesses plan to hire more freelancers this year, as one in four UK…
Freelancers are vulnerable to rate collusion and some industries could be feeding on it
SPECIAL REPORT: OPINION
Investigations in the US, UK, and Europe have revealed that large companies, despite the warnings, still fall foul of anti-competitive practices. This raises the question: if they collude with the competition to…
Tech titans: “real-it” in on AI, or even you’ll get replaced by a chatbot called…
Should we all be looking forward to three-day weeks as Bill Gates predicts AI will gift us? Or should we be preparing for a brave new world of unemployment? Katherine Steiner-Dicks opines on the options
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