A startup owned by Meta Platforms Inc. faces three new lawsuits in California state court for allegedly misclassifying employees who train large language models and other artificial intelligence systems as independent contractors, failing to appropriately compensate them and provide acceptable working conditions, and subjecting them to discrimination and whistleblower retaliation.
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The case stems from Cognizant’s contract with Google to update Google Maps. Cognizant, in turn, relies on staffing company Aceolutions, also a defendant in the case, to get drivers to verify Google Maps data. Google is not a defendant.
Andrew Adams, a partner at DarrowEverett, said he expected to see more claims brought by applicants who received form rejections that appeared to originate with AI systems. That could be “enough to get in the door” for at least an EEOC complaint, he said.
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