Amazon Web Services (AWS) may be set to wind down its Mechanical Turk (MTurk) offering. Named in homage to the purported chess-playing automaton from the 1700s, MTurk is a crowdsourcing marketplace ...

Most startups don’t fail because they can’t build. They fail because they build the wrong thing—beautifully, efficiently, and for months—only to discover too late that nobody cares. Microtasks are one ...

When we think of artificial intelligence, it’s easy to picture models, code and slick user interfaces. What’s less visible: the millions of human hours spent labelling, annotating, validating and ...

Uber is piloting a new program in the US allowing drivers to earn extra income by completing "microtasks" for AI model training, expanding from its India tests. These tasks include voice recordings ...

Global ride-hailing company Uber said on the 16th (local time) that it will push to offer tasks that allow drivers operating on its platform to generate revenue even during waiting times. Uber ...

Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. is transportation editor ...

Have you ever found yourself scrolling through your phone, wondering if there’s a way to turn those idle moments into something more productive—maybe even profitable? In today’s fast-paced digital ...

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How do things work out when people are managed by algorithms, versus actual human beings? Likely, jobs get shredded into microtasks. At this time, algorithmically managed jobs tend to be contract or ...