AI layoffs and deployment disputes push tech workers toward unions

Amid mass AI-related layoffs and concerns over how AI is deployed, more tech workers are unionizing, trading Silicon Valley's exceptionalism narrative for collective bargaining over AI. Workers at Google DeepMind and Meta in the UK are organizing over objections to AI being used for military purposes or employee monitoring, a trend that could be a bellwether for other industries.

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