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UGH, Ottawa Paid Nearly $670,000 for KPMG’s Advice on Cutting Consultant Costs
The Canadian federal government hired KPMG consultants at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars for advice on how to save money on consultants, documents show. New spending details tabled in Parliament show the department of Natural Resources, led by minister Jonathan Wilkinson, approved $669,650 for KPMG, a global Read more…
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Generative AI Already Taking White Collar Jobs and Wages in Online Freelancing World
In an ingenious study published this summer, US researchers showed that within a few months of the launch of ChatGPT, copywriters and graphic designers on major online freelancing platforms saw a significant drop in the number of jobs they got, and even steeper declines in earnings. This suggested not only Read more…
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Robot Crushes Man To Death After Misidentifying Him As a Box
A robot in a South Korea distribution center crushed a man to death after the machine apparently failed to differentiate him from the boxes of produce it was handling. The man, a robotics company worker in his 40s, was inspecting the robot’s sensor operations at a distribution centre for agricultural Read more…
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Amazon Expands Healthcare Push With One Medical Benefits For Prime Members
Amazon Prime members will be able to access US healthcare provider One Medical’s suite of benefits, for a fee, as the ecommerce company looks to expand its presence in the $4 trillion American healthcare industry. Prime members in the US who opt in will have access to unlimited, on-demand virtual Read more…