Labor Agency Pushes Employers to Better Train Workers on AI Use

The Labor Department wants employers and state workforce agencies to teach workers how to responsibly use artificial intelligence to adapt to an economy increasingly driven by the technology.

A new AI literacy framework, released by the DOL Friday, is supposed to guide employers, educators, and state agencies on how to use the technology and avoid its potential pitfalls.

The DOL framework doesn’t set any new rules or regulations on AI. It comes as part of a larger campaign by President Donald Trump and his administration to boost AI use in the US. The White House’s AI Action Plan, ...