Meta has terminated its contract with Sama, a Kenyan company that employed over 1,000 data annotators. These workers were tasked with reviewing sensitive and explicit footage captured by Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to improve AI systems. The decision to end the contract followed reports of workers being exposed to disturbing content, including private and explicit videos, with the laid-off employees receiving only six days' notice. AI
IMPACT Highlights ethical concerns in data annotation for AI, potentially influencing future data handling practices.
RANK_REASON Company action impacting contractors reviewing data for AI systems, not a core AI release or policy.
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