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Cannot recommend taking the time to read this article more strongly. Truly compelling reporting that does the best work I have seen in a long time depicting the jobs that AI is creating: precarious data works. Huge congrats to @joshdzieza.bsky.social.
"Intermittent work, extreme secrecy, and abrupt firings are the norm across the data industry... The on-again, off-again nature of the work is not just the result of company culture; it stems from the cadence of AI development itself... To compete, data companies arrange things so that they will always have workers on call while preserving their freedom to drop them at a moment’s notice... The workers at the bottom of this supply chain exist in a state of extreme precarity and maximum competitive frenzy — especially because their strict confidentiality agreements make it impossible for them to establish any kind of seniority or relationship that might outlast a particular project... Because workers are ostensibly independent contractors, they are not owed paid time off, breaks, health care, overtime pay, or unemployment benefits. It’s free to keep them hanging around, and a surplus of vetted workers ensures they will jump quickly to finish tasks before someone else does. It all combines to create an arrangement in which employers can turn labor on and off like a tap."
This is one of the most succinct descriptions of the many issues plaguing data work I’ve seen. nymag.com/intelligence...
For more about these themes, check out the @techequity.bsky.social @alphabetworkersunion.org report: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
So what can we do to address the issues we face now and our worries about the future well-being of our workforce?
Find out: techequity.us/2025/11/19/a...
Meanwhile, only 25% of California residents believe that AI will have a positive impact on them, and many find it unlikely that AI will create new jobs and industries or have a positive effect on increasing equality.
TechEquity’s polling has found that Californians are most concerned about AI’s impact on reducing wages (55%) and replacing low-paying jobs (52%).
Content moderators see horrific images every day. Some do this while under harsh conditions and are paid low wages.
Right now, there’s not a real framework for their work, and not much legislation protecting them—but Sonia wants to work on that. www.youtube.com/shorts/22gdj...
What followed was a year of discussing the incentives that shape our economy and who really pays the price for wealth creation.
techequity.us/2026/03/03/w...
Yet companies that promise steady financial returns and proven ingenuity to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems struggle to raise funding. What’s going on?
Published last March, "World Eaters", by TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com pitches a possible answer.
Theranos raised more than $700 million from venture capitalists before its “breakthrough health technology” blood tests were shown not to actually work.
Once a VC darling, WeWork went from being valued at over $47 billion in 2019 to declaring bankruptcy in 2023. www.youtube.com/shorts/sJXA7...
Italy’s privacy watchdog recently banned Amazon from using the personal data of warehouse staff, including data collected from cameras near bathrooms and break rooms.
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
This is one of many stories about how the use of AI is impacting people’s lives.
Check out our latest blog to learn more: techequity.us/2026/01/21/5...
So why did they reject her?
An AI-powered tenant screening tool assigned her a score of 324; she needed to get at least a 443 to qualify. Mary was left to rent a more expensive apartment where the management didn’t use an algorithmic tenant screening tool.
In 2021, a property management company rejected Mary Louis’s housing application.
She admittedly didn’t have the best credit score, but she had a strong recommendation from her 17-year landlord, who said she always paid her rent on time.
What else did Catherine get up to in the year after publishing “World Eaters”?
Find out: techequity.us/2026/03/03/w...
In this episode of The Nerd Reich, TechEquity CEO and author of “World Eaters" @catherinebracy.com joins @gilduran.com to talk about how venture capital’s jackpot logic has warped innovation and is now blitzscaling authoritarianism in DC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_W...
Silicon Valley promises that technology will save us.
But what if the financial system powering that dream is actually poisoning everything it touches?
That’s pricing exploitation—and companies are using technology to do it at a scale and speed never seen before.
Learn more: techequity.us/2025/03/20/p...
If you ordered online—perhaps scrambling for the best egg prices—the algorithms working behind the scenes might have sensed your desperation and increased prices for you accordingly.
Egg prices have been a point of contention on and off for the past couple of years.
You may have even spotted an outrageous price on a digital price tag at your local grocery store.
Between finally adding Warner Bros. Discovery to their media empire and building out a surveillance state, Larry Ellison and company have been quite busy solidifying their economic and political power.
www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...
techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/h...
The story of capital isn’t just about wealth creation; it’s about who benefits and who pays the price.
techequity.us/2026/03/03/w...
Media coverage from @bloomberg.com to @thedailyshow.com has opened doors into audiences we never anticipated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-4...
This ongoing dialogue in policy and tech circles has reinforced something we’ve long believed at TechEquity: the incentives that shape our economy matter.
About a year ago, TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com published "World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy.”
She then set off on a book tour to discuss the way venture capital helped create the tech economy we live in now—for better and for worse.
That's it for this week! Leave your #Top5 in the comments, and follow for more news around tech and the economy.
5) Jack Dorsey’s financial technology company, Block, laid off nearly half of its staff, allegedly because AI is allowing the company to do more with fewer people. But something isn’t quite adding up… @nytimes.com @zamosta.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...
4) Ever wish you could financially benefit from death and war? Now you can. @404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social
www.404media.co/with-iran-wa...
3) After Anthropic stood firm that they wouldn’t sell AI tools to the U.S. government for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons, tech workers at OpenAI tried to get their company to do the same. Those calls seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/t...
2) Italy’s privacy watchdog recently banned Amazon from using the personal data of warehouse staff, including data collected from cameras near bathrooms and break rooms. @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
1) Between finally adding Warner Bros. Discovery to their media empire and building out a surveillance state, Larry Ellison and company have been quite busy solidifying their economic and political power.
@npr.org www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...
@techcrunch.com techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/h...