AI Companies Are Turning Gig Workers into Human Farms

NSW to introduce transport worker law reforms - Power Torque

Image: jovannig/stock.adobe.com The New South Wales government is set to introduce law reforms to offer greater protection to transport gig workers. Alongside modernising the Industrial Relations Act relating to the road transport industry, the legislation follows the federal government’s recent gig worker and owner driver reform, aka the 'Closing Loopholes' bill. The NSW government says it completed consultation with unions, the transport indus…

AI Companies Are Turning Gig Workers into Human Farms

When Arthur Got his master’s degree in literature, he never dreamed it would lead to a job in artificial intelligence. But in fact, an advanced degree is part of what qualified him for his current occupation, where he spends days typing out local business descriptions used to fine tune AI. It isn’t creative work; it’s repetitive, and his team has a strict style guide. Arthur, who preferred to use a pseudonym for this story, took the gig after be…