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What is “quiet quitting” and how are companies using AI to detect it?

Last month on The Spark John McElligott, founder and chief executive officer of York Exponential discussed artificial intelligence and its future. As a follow up on that conversation Brian Sathianathan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Iterate.ai, joined us on The Spark Monday to discuss how his tech company is using Artificial intelligence to help other companies detect what’s called “quiet quitting”.

By Aniya Faulcon

Pennsylvania jobless rate fell in March, as payrolls grew

Payrolls across the commonwealth expanded in February by 24,000, closer to 5.7 million.

By The Associated Press

Long-term jobless in US caught in a squeeze that imperils recovery

The nation has regained barely half the 22 million jobs that were lost to the pandemic and the widespread business shutdowns it caused in March and April.

By The Associated Press

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Jobless claims across the country at 870,000 as fraud and backlogs cloud data

The number of unemployment claims coincides with evidence that some newly laid-off Americans are facing delays in receiving unemployment benefits as state agencies intensify efforts to combat fraudulent applications and clear their pipelines of a backlog of jobless claims.

By The Associated Press

Updated: 2020-06-05 12:00:26

May surprise: U.S. adds 2.5 million jobs as unemployment dips to 13.3%

May's unemployment rate is still extremely high by historical standards, but much better than forecasters were expecting.
By NPR

Unemployment claims across the country expected to shatter records

The crisis has cut a giant swath through the energy, travel, transportation, hotel and restaurant sectors, with large and small companies suddenly forced to furlough employees.
By NPR

Coronavirus layoffs spark surge in state jobless claims in Pa. and across the country

In Pennsylvania, about 70,000 people sought unemployment aid in a single day — six times the total for the entire previous week.
By The Associated Press



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