Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’ – WaPost

“More than 2 million people in the Philippines perform this type of “crowdwork,” according to informal government estimates, as part of AI’s vast underbelly. While AI is often thought of as human-free machine learning, the technology actually relies on the labor-intensive efforts of a workforce spread across much of the Global South and often subject to exploitation.”

Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’ – PinoyAbrod

Q&A: Uncovering the labor exploitation that powers AI – Columbia Journalism Review

Tech-Driven Tools To Uncover Labor Exploitation – Forbes

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