The letter was sent prior to Schumer's second bipartisan AI Insight Forum, a series of meetings with tech leaders to discuss AI regulation. Advocacy groups, including Turkopticon, which supports Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) workers, signed the letter. The letter called for protections for workers like those at MTurk, including the right to collective bargaining and protection from predatory surveillance and management systems.
Key takeaways:
- Data workers and civil society groups have written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging Congress to protect their rights against surveillance and low wages in the AI industry.
- The letter was sent ahead of Schumer’s second bipartisan AI Insight Forum, a series of meetings with tech leaders to discuss AI regulation.
- Advocates including the NAACP president and AFL-CIO Technology Institute director are expected to attend the forum.
- The letter also calls for protection of workers like those at Amazon Mechanical Turk, who often earn below minimum wage, and urges for their rights to collective bargaining and protection from predatory surveillance and management systems.