The US Department of Labor is asking the public for data on the scope of labor shortages in STEM and artificial intelligence fields, as it considers revisions for occupations that qualify for streamlined employment-based immigrant visas.
The request for information, released Friday, is part of President Joe Biden’s October AI executive order aimed at advancing the nation’s foothold in the development of AI technology, while outlining principles to help identify and develop guardrails against its potential risks.
In particular, Biden’s order tasked federal labor agencies with identifying the threats AI poses to workers, either through displacement or discrimination, as ...
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