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California Suit Against Uber and Lyft Is a Game Changer, Aquent CEO Says

May.11 — Aquent Chief Executive Officer John Chuang says Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are shirking their responsibilities by misclassifying their workers. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang on “Bloomberg Markets.”

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May.11 — Aquent Chief Executive Officer John Chuang says Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are shirking their responsibilities by misclassifying their workers. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Amanda Lang on “Bloomberg Markets.”

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  1. CaliforniaMISC

    May 11, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    AB5 needs to be enforced

  2. Tony Montana

    May 11, 2020 at 7:30 pm

    People are like “I’m my own boss, and I can’t work a 9-5,” but at the same time want benefits.

    • Joan Tron

      May 11, 2020 at 8:09 pm

      Tony Montana asshole

    • TrendThis

      May 11, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      Yeah that’s the big issue. It’s gray.

    • Knight of Christianity

      May 12, 2020 at 1:06 am

      No one wants to slave for greedy conglomerates, humans aren’t machines.

  3. Brenthon Villegas

    May 11, 2020 at 7:46 pm

    CA making it harder for businesses to thrive.

    • Monis Siddiqui

      May 12, 2020 at 12:05 am

      Businesses or psychopaths?

  4. Joan Tron

    May 11, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    Workers Unite!!

  5. sparkle sparkles

    May 11, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    Well it’s just another reason for automation/self-driving.

  6. WizZard

    May 11, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    UBER drivers be like…. “yeah, I’m actually a Doctor……. but I do this a few hours a week cause I just really like to drive, and like to hang out with really cool people like you,”

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Crusoe CEO: Data Center Indusry Has a ‘Marketing Issue’

Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller discusses the AI infrastructure company’s nearly $4 billion in fresh funding sending its valuation to almost $31 billion. He also discusses how it will fuel the company’s push to build AI infrastructure spanning data centers, cloud computing and managed AI services. He says Crusoe could eventually enter the public markets and…

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Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller discusses the AI infrastructure company’s nearly $4 billion in fresh funding sending its valuation to almost $31 billion. He also discusses how it will fuel the company’s push to build AI infrastructure spanning data centers, cloud computing and managed AI services. He says Crusoe could eventually enter the public markets and pushes back against growing opposition to data centers, arguing the industry has a “marketing issue” and needs to better communicate its impact on water, jobs and local tax revenue. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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Former FTC Technologist Warns Against an AI ‘Cartel’

As frontier AI labs seek greater coordination on safety, Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute and former FTC Chief Technologist, warns that government-backed antitrust exemptions could create a durable “cartel” that ultimately harms competition. He argues companies can collaborate on safety standards without suspending antitrust rules, and that existing consumer-protection and…

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As frontier AI labs seek greater coordination on safety, Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute and former FTC Chief Technologist, warns that government-backed antitrust exemptions could create a durable “cartel” that ultimately harms competition. He argues companies can collaborate on safety standards without suspending antitrust rules, and that existing consumer-protection and liability laws already provide tools for addressing harms caused by AI. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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Anthropic Investor Franklin: AI Safety Concerns Won’t Slow Spending

Calls to “pace” development at the AI frontier are unlikely to translate into a slowdown in infrastructure spending, according to Sara Araghi, Franklin Templeton Portfolio Manager and Franklin Venture Partner. She argues that even if labs temper some model training, growing inference demand will continue to require enormous amounts of compute. Araghi also discusses why…

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