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Perplexity CEO Offers To Replace Striking NYT Staff With AI
Tuesday November 5, 2024. 01:10 AM , from Slashdot
Replying to Semafor media editor Max Tani quoting the publisher, Srinivas wrote: 'Hey AG Sulzberger @nytimes sorry to see this. Perplexity is on standby to help ensure your essential coverage is available to all through the election. DM me anytime here.' Many on X immediately castigated Srinivas for acting as a scab -- a derogatory term for people willing to perform the jobs of striking workers. It is widely considered a disreputable behavior in matters of labor and equity. By undercutting collective action, scabs limit the ability of workers to bargain with those in positions of power. Srinivas may simply be trying to make sure people have the information they need on election day. The company has lately unveiled its own elections info hub and map. But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move. Though TechCrunch asked Perplexity for comment, Srinivas responded to TechCrunch's post on X saying that 'the offer was *not* to 'replace' journalists or engineers with AI but to provide technical infra support on a high-traffic day.' The striking workers in question, however, are the ones who provide that service to the NYT. It's not really clear what services other than AI tools Perplexity could offer, or why they would not amount to replacing the workers in question. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/04/2155213/perplexity-ceo-offers-to-replace-striking-nyt-staff...
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