"Rise of AI in Healthcare Raises Red Flags for Workers' Rights: Billion-dollar tech giants are pushing to deregulate the "gig nursing" industry, using artificial intelligence to staff hospitals and healthcare facilities. A new report warns that this trend is coming at a steep cost for workers, eroding their rights, protections, and pay. As tech companies like Uber aggressively lobby states to relax regulations, concerns are growing about the impact on the healthcare sector and the people who work within it. The report, published by the AI Now Institute, sheds light on the growing influence of gig work in healthcare and the potential consequences for patients, workers, and the industry as a whole."
Growing use of AI tech comes at expense of workers’ rights, protections and pay, report warnsBillion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published Tuesday.The report from the AI Now Institute, Uber for Nursing Part II: How Gig Nursing Companies Are Lobbying States to Deregulate Healthcare, examines the use of artificial intelligence to staff hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Continue reading...
