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Plaintiffs who sued Workday over its artificial intelligence screening tool can continue to bring claims of disparate-impact age discrimination, a federal court held March 6. HR leaders have watched the Workday lawsuit closely, as its outcome could be a key moment for employers to understand how the courts will approach AI tools.
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The percentage of middle managers surveyed who instruct their direct reports that AI usage is mandatory, compared to 86% of executives who believe AI use is required at their companies, according to a survey by Slingshot and parent company Infragistics. Only 20% of workers said they view AI as a co-worker.
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“Rather than a ‘rising tide lifting all boats,’ a higher level of corporate BS in an organization acts more like a clogged toilet of inefficiency.”
Shane Littrell
Postdoctoral researcher in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences
Litrell’s study analyzed the effect of “corporate BS” — buzzwords that sound useful but are “semantically empty,” Litrell said. Workers that were more receptive to corporate BS tended to score worse on tests of effective workplace decision-making compared to their peers. Often companies end up rewarding employees that use such jargon with promotion, which creates a negative feedback loop.