Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports on Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx where 12 Nurses - who were laid off - are now being replaced with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered software, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), which represents Nurses at the Hospital. National Nurses United (NNU), the parent Union of NYSNA, has been raising the alarm about the effects AI will have on Nurses. This would be one of the first AI-related layoffs handled by the Union, which developed an AI Bill of Rights for patients and Nurses. The Union has been pushing for protections and guardrails in contracts - as well as through legislation, and protested against employers using untested AI in patient care settings. “NNU Nurses, like the Nurses at Montefiore, have been on the frontlines of fighting Hospital employers’ efforts to force unregulated and untested AI into patient care settings,” NNU President Jamie Brown, herself a Registered Nurse, said. “Nurses know from experience that Hospital employers will find any opportunity to cut costs and cut corners on patient care and Nurse staffing.” The layoffs at Montefiore come in the wake of a massive Nurses’ Strike across several Hospitals in New York City in January 2026. The new Union contracts written after the strikes included safeguards against AI.

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