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After AI layoffs, Newsom faces pressure from labor unions to find ways to ease the pain
AMID TECH LAYOFFS, anxiety around artificial intelligence and a forthcoming run for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed an executive order that calls for state agencies to explore ways to mitigate job losses stemming from AI. The order, among other things, tells state agencies to explore severance policies, subsidized employment and other ways to help displaced […] The post After AI layoffs, Newsom faces pressure from labor unions to find ways to ease the pain appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, After AI layoffs, Newsom faces pressure from labor unions to find ways to ease the pain, AMID TECH LAYOFFS, anxiety around artificial intelligence and a forthcoming run for president, Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed an executive order that calls for state agencies to explore ways to mitigate job losses stemming from AI. The order, among other things, tells state agencies to explore severance policies, subsidized employment and other ways to help displaced […] The post After AI layoffs, Newsom faces pressure from labor unions to find ways to ease the pain appeared first on Local News Matters .
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