AI & Work

Analysis of how AI, automation, technology, skills, and labor shifts are reshaping Black workers, businesses, creators, and institutions.

Uber Left Nigeria and Uganda. The Drivers Owned the Cars, Not the Market.

Uber’s exit exposes a central weakness of platform work: workers can finance the productive assets while another company controls the…

2 days ago

Bill Gates Says AI Could Replace Workers Across the Economy. The Bigger Question Is Who Gets the Money.

Bill Gates is warning that artificial intelligence could permanently reduce the need for human labor. The deeper economic question is…

1 week ago

America Is Getting More Productive. Workers Are Getting a Smaller Share of What They Produce.

U.S. productivity rose again in the second quarter, but labor’s share of output fell to 52.9%, the lowest level in…

4 weeks ago

Cape Town Approved a 170-Megawatt Data-Center Project. The Community Still Does Not Know the Full Resource Cost.

Equinix could turn Cape Town’s land, electricity, water and municipal approval into a major African computing asset. The unresolved question…

1 month ago

When Workplace Data Disappears, Discrimination Gets Harder to Prove

A developing EEOC rollback could reduce employer reporting burdens, but the economic cost may fall on workers who need data…

2 months ago

AI Hiring Tools Are Becoming Employment Gatekeepers. Who Audits the Gate?

AI hiring tools promise efficiency, but applicants may carry the risk of opaque rejection. The Workday lawsuit puts accountability, discrimination…

2 months ago

The AI Creator Protection Checklist: What to Do Before Posting More Content Online

Before posting more content online, Black creators should ask one question: what value am I putting into the market, and…

3 months ago

From AI Exploitation to AI Ownership: Why Black Creators Need to Learn the Tools Now

AI education is not just about learning prompts. For Black creators, it is about understanding how AI workflows can copy,…

3 months ago

AI Policy Is Becoming Economic Policy. This Framework Shows Why Data, Labor, and Ownership Matter

Alex Bores’ AI framework raises deeper questions about data ownership, worker protection, infrastructure costs, and who gets a real stake…

3 months ago

AI Blackface Is Becoming a Business Model — And Black Women Are Carrying the Cost

AI-generated Black women are going viral by using real women’s faces, dances, styling, movement, and cultural identity as unpaid inputs.…

3 months ago

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