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Future Work: Tech's impact on jobs and economies

Published: August 01, 2023

From AI to app-based jobs, technology is reshaping the workplace.

For some it's bringing flexibility and new opportunities, while others are facing pitfalls such as low-paid platform work or seeing their creative work copied online by AI bots. Meanwhile, organisations and legal systems are struggling to keep pace with the development of artificial intelligence and tools like chatgpt.

Here's a collection of our stories on how tech is changing the world of work and where it could go next.

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Thomas Bradley pickets outside of a Hilton Anaheim Hotel, July 13, 2023
Digital RightsCalifornia hotel workers strike back over 'union busting' app
An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski
AIWhat is ChatGPT? And will it steal our jobs?

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A call centre, mobile phone, and landline are shown in this illustration photo. ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃ/Nura Ali
Big TechGigs, scams, ghost work: India tech sector's dark side
Employees work at their desks inside Tech Mahindra office building in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
AIAI boom is dream and nightmare for workers in Global South
Deliveroo delivery workers ride in London, Britain, March 8, 2021
AIYour manager is an algorithm. Here’s how to fight back
Starship Technologies delivery robots are seen outside a supermarket in Bedford, Britain, on September 15, 2022. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Lin Taylor
Rethinking the EconomyRise of delivery robots leaves drivers fearful of job losses
Ana Sofia Pablo, Nancy Rojas and Diana Enriquez, members of nonprofit CACEH, show the app Dignas on their phones at their office in Mexico City, August 19, 2022
Digital DividesLatin American domestic workers build apps to fight for their rights
Macci Ex Machina clown portrait generated by machine learning AI. Edinburgh 2022 . Perry Jonsson & AI/Handout via ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃ
AIAs AI-generated art booms - who really owns it?

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Data centres and power: who pays for AI's water?

Updated: February 11, 2026

Former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
President Donald Trump 2.0: What's next for the U.S.?

Updated: December 12, 2025

Aerial drone picture shows Amazon rainforest amid grainfields in Querência, Brazil, August 25, 2025. ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃ/Rogério Florentino
Tipping points in the Amazon

Updated: November 06, 2025

Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad speaks next to Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), and Brazil's COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago during the ministerial preparatory meeting (Pre-COP30), ahead of the COP30 Climate Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi
COP30 in the Amazon. Can Brazil deliver?

Updated: November 04, 2025

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