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‘We have had enough’: thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security

2026-09-02 · AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

Thousands of University of Sydney staff staged a 24-hour walkout demanding protections against AI replacing their jobs — because nothing says 'we value education' like letting algorithms grade papers. The strike came right after an internal survey presumably confirmed what everyone already knew: the robots are coming for academia too.

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