The legislative proposal - introduced Wednesday by Sens. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. - would require publicly traded companies and federal agencies to provide quarterly reports to the Labor Department detailing the impact that using AI has had on their workforces. "Artificial intelligence is already replacing American workers, and experts project AI could drive unemployment up to 10-20% in the next five years," Hawley said in a press release.
The 2022 memo, viewed by the Guardian as well as the investigative non-profit SourceMaterial, found that Amazon used 105 billion gallons of water in 2021, as much as 958,000 US households or a "city bigger than San Francisco," as the document put it. However, in the run-up to a November 2022 PR campaign called "Water Positive," Amazon only disclosed 7.7 billion gallons of water use per year - an enormous discrepancy.
Labour MPs are alarmed by corporate receptions arranged by the party, with concerns about conflicts of interest. Invitations are sent directly from the PLP office, raising ethical questions.