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Uber Launches AI Gig Platform With Jobs for PhDs
Uber pilots AI training gigs paying up to $1 for short tasks to diversify income as driver roles face automation risks, with over 100 million trips using similar tasks in India.
- Last month, Uber said it would start a pilot program offering AI training gigs in the US, and Dara Khosrowshahi announced this at the Only on Uber 2025 conference in Washington, D.C., calling Uber a platform for work.
- Khosrowshahi has pitched Digital Tasks as a way to help drivers displaced by robotaxis after a successful beta in India convinced Uber to expand trials across the US before the end of 2025.
- Drivers can opt in through the Driver app's Work Hub to record voice clips or upload photos, with $0.50 to $1 payments credited within 24 hours, Uber said.
- 'We think this can ultimately be another profitable line of business for us', Khosrowshahi said, describing Digital Tasks as an opportunity amid changing work and noting pay varies by task complexity despite driver pay concerns.
- The data-labeling market was valued at nearly $4 billion in 2024 and forecasts project it will exceed $17 billion by 2030, while Uber pursues 100,000 robotaxis, showing tensions between training work and automation.
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