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A $3 billion software unicorn scrapped its plan to give AI ‘workers’ rights after tech execs said it ‘disrespects the humanity of your real employees’
Lattice notably laid off 100 human workers last year.
“It takes the idea of an ‘AI employee’ from concept to reality – and marks the start of a new journey for Lattice, to lead organizations forward in the responsible hiring of digital workers,” Franklin said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday. Lattice skyrocketed to success thanks to pandemic-era remote work and a tight labor market that forced companies to confront hiring and employee-support practices that were previously unconventional. Amid a strategic shift to invest in generative AI, Intuit will lay off 1,800 workers —an effort that does not have to do with cutting costs, its CEO said in an internal memo.
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