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AN industrial strategy needs to be drawn up to deal with the rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) on the railways, RMT declared at its Hull AGM today.
The union will now assess the AI threat in workplaces where it organises, seeking proactive collective bargaining agreements that enshrine human accountability for management decisions and seek to recruit the new types of rail workers who use AI in the transport system.
In a tightly debated motion, delegates found themselves tied 36 for and 36 against, with one abstention.
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