Nearly 70 percent of US agencies use generative AI, and unions are finally catching up with guardrails

US public-sector unions are increasingly pushing through protections against AI surveillance and automated firings. In Oakland, a strike vote forced retraining programs instead of layoffs, and a transport union in Ohio won veto power over autonomous vehicles. California banned so-called bossware. All of this is happening while nearly 70 percent of US government agencies already use generative AI.