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CAROW on AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the "future of work." It has arrived and is having very real implications for work, labor and employment throughout the U.S. and globally. Yet, much is still unknown about how it is being deployed and where it can provide unique opportunities for businesses and workers.

CAROW is collaborating with ILR faculty, member institutes, and grantees to highlight research utilizing and evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on work.

AI and the New Informality

GLI Fellows Sarah Krasley and Maria Mexi announce a new AI impacts project: What happens when workers remain employed, but their autonomy narrows day to day? When organizational accountability becomes blurred, professional recognition declines, and the protections that once made employment meaningful begin to thin out?
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AI and the New Informality

Dean Alex Colvin to Help NYS Shape, Protect the AI Workforce

Cornell Chronicle
Alex Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will serve on a blue-ribbon commission charged with developing recommendations on how New York state can protect workers’ economic security while harnessing the economic benefits of AI.
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Dean Alex Colvin to Help NYS Shape, Protect the AI Workforce

ILR Trio Secures Grant to Help Workers With Job Transitions

Cornell Chronicle
Michèle Belot, JR Keller and Philipp Kircher are part of a team that will help workers transition to new positions in the AI economy by using AI to transform job duties into practice activities for job candidates before interviews.
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ILR Trio Secures Grant to Help Workers With Job Transitions

CAROW Announces AI and Work Grant Recipients

The ILR School’s Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) recently awarded three seed grants for new research that addresses questions around the intersection of AI and organizations, employment and work.
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CAROW Announces AI and Work Grant Recipients

How Can Unions Negotiate AI in the Workplace? Lessons from the Port Sector

The Dockers' AI Toolkit by José Luis Gallegos provides guidance on how workers can negotiate over artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Although the toolkit is grounded in the port sector, its lessons extend far beyond dock work.
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How Can Unions Negotiate AI in the Workplace? Lessons from the Port Sector

Dean Colvin Brings an ILR Perspective to Keynote on Future of Work

ILR Dean Alex Colvin delivered the keynote address at the Oct. 14 “Emerging Tech Dialogues: The Future of Work: People, Process, and Technology” conference in Statler Hall at Cornell University.
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Dean Colvin Brings an ILR Perspective to Keynote on Future of Work

Two Grants to Study AI and Worker Voice Awarded to ILR

AI is causing a major shift in today’s workplace and raising many concerns. Two new grants will fund ILR research aimed at providing insights to policymakers, union leaders, managers and others who are shaping the future of AI in the workplace.
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Two Grants to Study AI and Worker Voice Awarded to ILR

Fashion’s Data Doubles: How AI is Reshaping Modeling Work

Generative AI technologies are shifting conditions of work across different creative fields. In a new research brief, the Worker Institute and Data & Society share findings from their research exploring how new applications of generative AI are affecting fashion models.
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Fashion’s Data Doubles: How AI is Reshaping Modeling Work

JR Keller Explainer: Will AI Replace HR?

Associate Professor JR Keller, who also directs ILR’s Executive Master’s in Human Resources Management program, addresses the seismic shift of human resources teams using artificial intelligence and the next steps as companies adapt for the future.
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JR Keller Explainer: Will AI Replace HR?

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