Elon Musk says Tesla is raising compensation for its AI engineers, saying OpenAI is "aggressively recruiting" them. 'CRAZIEST TALENT WAR': Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle giant is giving its artificial intelligence engineers a raise as the automaker tries to fend off poaching efforts by ChatGPT creator OpenAI. COSTLY GAME: More and more sports bettors appear to be turning to artificial intelligence to help counter the notoriously unpredictable tournament, which is often referred to as March Madness. LEISURE TIME: Billionaire investor and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen said in a Wednesday appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," that he believes that the majority of workers will eventually have a four-day work week and three-day weekend, which will expand opportunities for individuals to engage in leisurely pursuits. FIGHT AGAINST AI: Comedian George Carlin's estate has agreed to a settlement with the media company it sued earlier this year over the use of artificial intelligence.

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New technologies are often touted as the solutions to our problems, as well as decried as the cause of all manner of social ills. We are told that increasing automation of jobs will mean more of us spending less time working, with ever greater responsibility handed over to software, sensors and the cloud. This week we visited some experimental projects that could offer a glimpse of our future, to see how people are grappling with the possibilities and problems of technological innovation. Reducing our working hours, while ensuring sufficient pay and essential services, is often floated as the best model for boosting productivity. It is also a seemingly inevitable byproduct of the rise of the robot worker.