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Hidden AI workforce in Venezuela earned pennies per hour

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Data workers in Venezuela, some earning as little as 50 cents per hour, were essential in training AI algorithms during the COVID-19 pandemic. These workers, often unaware of their employers or the ultimate purpose of their tasks, were managed by surveillance algorithms. This situation highlights the precarious and often exploitative conditions faced by a hidden workforce crucial to AI development. AI

IMPACT Highlights the exploitative labor practices underpinning AI development, potentially influencing future AI ethics and labor policies.

RANK_REASON Article discusses the conditions of data workers, not a direct AI release or significant industry event.

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Hidden AI workforce in Venezuela earned pennies per hour

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · DrALJONES ·

    Interview: The Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic... entire communities in Venezuela depended on da

    Interview: The Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies "During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic... entire communities in Venezuela depended on data work". "Paid as little as 50 cents per hour & monitored by surveillance algorithms, most workers did not even know wh…

    LINKS democracynow.org/…/ai_platform_extractivi…

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