A new class of gig work is emerging across more than 50 countries, where thousands of contract workers strap cameras to their foreheads and don motion-tracking gloves to record the most ordinary of human tasks — folding laundry, washing dishes,…
AI companies including Micro1 and Objectways are paying contract workers to wear head-mounted cameras and motion-tracking gloves to capture hand movements for robot training, according to Bloomberg.bloomberg+1
Buyers of the footage include Tesla, Figure AI, and Scale AI, with robotics firms collectively spending over $100 million annually on real-world training data.cryptobriefing
Workers in India earn as little as $2.60 an hour, raising concerns about exploitative pay and privacy risks from footage captured inside homes.cryptobriefing+1