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Twenty-six employees of Meta Platforms have filed a novel lawsuit accusing the tech giant of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who took medical leave in selecting workers for mass layoffs. The lawsuit, filed in Oakland, California, federal court late Monday, says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year, disadvantaging people who missed work because of medical conditions or to care for family members.

원문 제목 · Meta layoffs: 26 employees sue company over alleged AI bias targeting disabled workers

Meta Platforms has plans to start production of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip starting in September. The initiative aims to increase the company’s total computing capacity to 14 gigawatts (GW) next year, as revealed in a recent internal memo. The technology giant’s data center chip, called “Iris”, is part of a four-generation project called Meta [...]

원문 제목 · Meta starts manufacturing artificial intelligence chip in September to double computing capacity