#Algorithms are generally bad, esp. for workers, but good for corporations:
Variable pricing (surge pricing) has a much more insidious effect on workers than on consumers. When a worker is selling their labor… it's about their ability to survive.
Hospitals have begun using apps to allocate tasks based on⬆️sophisticated calculations of how workers move thru space & time -fastest nurse -not necessarily the best at sanitation or skill.
Florida is home to #corruption, & their lawmakers enable it. FTC CHM Khan is protecting for consumers.
The FTC will likely to allege that Southern Glazer’s has been providing “secret kickbacks” to large retail customers & violating the 1936 Robinson-Patman Act.
The co distributes alcohol for >7,000 brands in 44 states. It serves as a middleman b/w alcohol producers & the liquor stores that consumers buy from. The co reported $26B in revenue in 2023.
"Lying is 2nd nature to tech execs. If you always assume they're lying, you'll be right far more often than you're wrong."
-R McNamee
"OpenAI publicly committed to give 20% of its computing resources to a team dedicated to controlling the most dangerous kind of AI -never delivered, &, in fact, repeatedly denied that team's requests for resources, sources say. OpenAI is prioritizing product launches over AI safety."
Even in blue states, corporations that promise jobs & economic growth, dictate the rules, which frequently means low pay & few regulations:
Amazon gets $137M in NY State welfare.
In violation of state open records laws, the secretive state Subsidy Board waived rules on hiring & prevailing wages.