Category: Industry

Healthcare And AI: Will Fear Of Nursing ‘Bots’ Aid Or Harm The Already Stressed-Out Profession?

Tech leader NVIDIA has joined forces with a startup called Hippocratic AI to develop voice-based healthcare “agents” that will cost “$9 per hour” (far less than the hourly RN rate in all markets) and can dispense limited health advice via chat sessions that act as patient assessments.

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A Tale Of Three Cities: Gig-Economy Drivers Are Paying The Price Of New Minimum Wage Laws

It’s a familiar sight these days: supposedly well-meaning lawmakers, often lobbied by unions, believe they are helping workers by substantially boosting the minimum wage. Companies must then pull rabbits out of hats to afford increased labor costs, which leads to higher prices for consumers, decreased demand, and less available work.

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Union’s First Contract? More Faltering Steps And A Full-On Stumble For Organized ‘Castles’

That brings us to fresh news of a crumbled union at Medieval Times, eighteen months after workers in California voted to form the dinner theater company’s first union of knights, queens, and other costumed performers.

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