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Walmart has paused job offers to foreign applicants requiring H-1B visas following President Trump's announcement of a $100,000 fee on the visas, impacting high-skilled workers and US companies relying on this program, especially those from India.
The Trump administration has announced significant changes to the H-1B visa system, including a $100,000 fee, sparking legal challenges and concerns about its impact on high-skilled immigration, innovation, and the U.S. economy. The changes aim to prioritize high-cost, high-skilled labor but face opposition from various groups who argue they could harm research, startups, and economic growth.
The Trump administration proposed significant changes to the H-1B visa process, including a higher fee and a weighted lottery system favoring higher-paid and higher-skilled foreign workers, aiming to prioritize advanced talent and potentially impact tech companies and smaller businesses relying on lower-wage foreign labor.
A study conducted by researchers at Stanford and MIT found that highly skilled customer service workers saw "close to 0%" productivity gains from using an AI chat program meant to enable them to provide better and quicker answers to customers. The study found that AI can help lower-skilled workers "communicate more like high-skill agents." The AI tool was trained to understand features like the duration and outcomes of calls, and how top performers fared in those aspects. The study notes customer service as a particularly ripe area where companies are deploying artificial intelligence technology.