As Companies Race to Deploy AI, Analysts See a New Source of Leverage for Workers

As employers press staff to train and refine artificial intelligence systems, a growing body of labor analysis argues that the human input feeding those models could become an unexpected source of bargaining power for workers. The argument, aired in a recent Financial Times opinion piece framing AI model training as a potential "workplace power play," reflects a wider shift in how unions, researchers and policy groups are thinking about who benefits when generative AI enters the office.