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WeWork Files to Go Public

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WeWork released its S-1 this week, which is the legal document a company files prior to going public.  Because of this interest, the S-1 filing is getting a lot of attention. .    The S-i reports that: Q2 2019 membership of 527,000, up from 268,000 at the end of June 2018 and 401,000 at the end of December 2018.

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OpenAI will Move to Dismiss Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Related to AI Ethics and Transparency

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Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and cofounders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman over concerns regarding AI ethics and transparent development. According to the company’s blog post, “We couldn’t agree to terms on a for-profit with Elon because we felt it was against the mission for any individual to have absolute control over OpenAI.

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Wells Fargo Fires Employees For Faking Work Activity

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The employees, primarily from the bank’s wealth management division, were found to be using devices to create the illusion of active work, according to filings with the U.S. In 2018, the bank fired over a dozen employees for manipulating time stamps on receipts to claim expenses for food deliveries outside the permissible timeframe.

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The Anti-Work Movement and the Surge in Self-Employment

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Business applications (tax ID filings)  have been at all-time levels since the fall of 2020. Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs – The Guardian: A “long read” article from 2018 covering the history of the antiwork movement and recent (at least in 2018) developments.    Ready to quit your job?

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Help Your Supervisors Start 2018 Out Right

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As we remove the plastic wrappings from our new calendars and start neatly recording upcoming events and plans, we’re inspired to make 2018 the best year ever. Supervisors and managers in your organization are having the same thoughts—they want to make 2018 the best year ever, for themselves and their people. Look Back! ?

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Apple Faces Major Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

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The lawsuit, filed in California state court, seeks to represent more than 12,000 current and former female employees in Apple’s engineering, marketing, and AppleCare divisions. Even after California outlawed this practice, Apple reportedly continued to entrench these disparities by asking for salary expectations instead.

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The Ethical AI Debate Intensifies as Musk Takes OpenAI to Court

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In a legal move that spotlights the growing tensions over the overall direction of artificial intelligence development, Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. The lawsuit claims that OpenAI has strayed from its original mission of advancing AI for the public good — prioritizing profit, and Microsoft, instead.