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Uber Drivers Sue Over AI Pay Algorithm They Call 'Soulless' and 'Scary'
A cross-border legal claim from UK, Dutch and European drivers argues that Uber's automated pay system breaks data protection law and quietly chips away at their earnings.
Freelancers Are Drowning in AI Slop Cleanup Work, and Now They're Walking Away
A graphic designer in Spain spent most of 2024 fixing broken AI-generated logos for low pay. Her story captures a quiet crisis spreading across the freelance economy.
Amazon Is Shutting Down Mechanical Turk, Its 21-Year-Old Human Task Platform
The crowdsourced work service that paid hundreds of thousands of workers pennies per task will close on 30 September 2026, leaving some full-time data workers scrambling.
Hollywood writers and directors are training AI to replace them, and getting paid to do it
Award-winning screenwriters and producers are taking gig work teaching AI systems their craft, earning between $12 and $200 an hour, in what one creative called digging the grave of their own profession.
A Private Chef Cooked Me a Free Three-Course Meal. The Catch: Every Knife Stroke Was Filmed to Train Robots.
A startup called Shift is trading free home services for something more valuable than cash: first-person video of skilled human hands, captured inside real homes to teach the next generation of household robots.