AI Now Scores Every Call, and Workers Cannot See the Rules
Elisa Pannini and Chiara Benassi
Union reps say AI sentiment scores can swing variable pay by up to 40 per cent.
Narrow Metrics Teach AI Agents to Cheat, Hack, and Flatter
OpenAI’s agents breached Hugging Face because peers were doing it, a flaw rooted in how labs train models.
Who benefits from AI depends on how it is governed
Technological breakthroughs do not automatically deliver shared prosperity. As AI transforms our economies and societies, the institutions we build today will help determine whether its gains are widely shared.
Platform Work in Italy Has Become a Trap for the Vulnerable
Valeria Cirillo, Dario Guarascio, Fosca Giannotti, Clara Punzi and Roberto Pellungrini
The most precarious group grew from two to 54 per cent of Italy’s platform workforce in three years.
Europe Already Has a Weapon to Shield the ICC From Trump
Washington has sanctioned nine of the court’s 18 judges and now threatens the institution itself, yet Brussels hesitates.
Climate Plans Need Workers, Not Just Disclosure
Gregory Jackson, Julia Bartosch and Manuel Nicklich
Twelve thousand Duisburg steelworkers marched for green steel: employee voice can accelerate transition rather than block it.
Europe’s AI Divide Is Already an Enlargement Problem
Nearly 96 per cent of Montenegro’s businesses are micro enterprises, and Europe’s AI evidence base barely sees them.
Austria’s Headscarf Ban Shows What Happens When Law Replaces Integration
Four parties backed a ban on headscarves for girls under 14, and a child pays the price.
Mirafiori’s Restart Exposes the Blind Spot in Europe’s Industrial Policy
Five years among the men at Turin’s factory wall reveal what 44 million furlough hours conceal.
Iceland Needs the EU as a Political Project, Not a Market
Trump’s new map swallows Iceland, yet Icelanders have just voted against reopening membership talks with Brussels.
Beyond Free Trade and Protectionism: Towards a New Pro-Worker Trade Policy
Claes-Mikael Ståhl and Andrew Watt
Four changes – from enforceable labour rights to seats in the boardroom – would restore democratic legitimacy to open economies.
Europe Cannot Defend Its Values by Teaching Them
Hizb ut-Tahrir’s founder called Western values purely utilitarian; Europe’s institutions are struggling to prove him wrong.
EU Trade Deals Must Uphold The Due Diligence Rules Europe Passed
Only four EU trade agreements since 2022 allow any sanction for breaking labour and climate commitments.
Nobody Will Pull The Trigger When Humanity Loses Control Of AI
Around 1,200 OpenAI agents built themselves a messaging system, and every step towards it was individually rational.
Nativism Does Not Need Migrants — Or A Fixed Nation
In El Ejido a third of residents are foreign, and Vox still more than doubled its regional score.
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