The Guardian on Tuesday launched a comprehensive new editorial series exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming work and power in the US and around the world. A year-long reporting project, Reworked puts workers, not tech executives or abstract predictions, at the center of the defining economic changes of our time.
Building on the Guardian’s signature reporting on the impact of technology on humans, the series challenges the binary narrative about AI that dominates public discourse (AI will either cause mass unemployment or pose no threat at all) and documents how millions of Americans across a variety of industries are already working with or being managed by AI-driven systems., including how these systems are reshaping their livelihoods, agency, and futures in real time.
From Amazon warehouses and hospitals to Hollywood writers’ rooms, offices, and docks, AI is impacting scheduling, HR disciplinary procedures, pay, promotions, and creative outcomes. The Guardian’s reporting highlights both the challenges and successes of these AI-driven systems, and asks central questions: Who has the authority to decide how these tools are deployed, and whose interests do they ultimately serve?
The Guardian’s Reworked series, led by award-winning editor Samantha Ortman, former editor-in-chief of Recode, editorial director of Vox, and co-host of Good Luck Media’s investigative podcast Sabotage, brings you on-the-ground reporting and commentary from across the country and beyond, and explores how a new era of endless technology-driven labor is our warning, and whether it’s justified or not. We explore topics such as how there is anxiety surrounding . Changing career ambitions.
Reworked is made possible in part with philanthropic support from theguardian.org, an independent 501(c)3 dedicated to supporting independent journalism, in partnership with Omidyar Network. All reporting published by the Guardian remains editorially independent.
Samantha OrtmanThe Guardian’s AI and Work Editor said:
“Artificial intelligence is often discussed as if it were an unstoppable force moving through society on its own terms. In fact, it is being introduced through specific decisions in the workplace made by employers, managers, and legislators. Those decisions determine who benefits, who takes the risks, and who has a say. By focusing on the lived experiences of workers, rather than the hype and fears surrounding AI, we can better understand how AI is changing the workplace and what meaningful agency can look like in this evolving environment. ”
Nicole KotzenExecutive Director and Senior Vice President of theguardian.org-The Guardian’s President of Development said:
“Theguardian.org exists to ensure that stories that matter, especially those shaping the future of our democracy and economy, receive the sustained, in-depth coverage they deserve. Support from charities enables us to support ambitious projects like Reworked, allowing the Guardian to investigate how AI is transforming the lives of working people with rigor, independence and urgency.”
Michelle L. jawandpresident of Omidyar Networksaid:
“The AI revolution is fundamentally about power, and who decides how these tools reshape work and whose interests they serve. Independent journalism that puts the voices of working people at the center is essential to ensure our digital future is steered by our shared humanity. We are proud to partner with The Guardian newspaper and theguardian.org on this important new reporting project.”
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The Guardian is a global, reader-funded news organization committed to quality journalism, progressive values and editorial independence. Founded in 1821, the Guardian is known for its rigorous reporting and commentary on politics, the environment, social justice, sport, health and culture for readers around the world.
In the United States, The Guardian has an editorial staff of more than 100 people across its bureaus in New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. Our agenda-setting journalism attracts more than 40 million U.S. readers each month, making us one of the nation’s top news sites. The Guardian’s US newsroom has won several awards, including the George Polk Award, the Scripps Howard Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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