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Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies
In 2016, Oskarina Fuentes got a tip from a friend that seemed too good to be true. Her life in…
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Urban Company Lured Women Into the Gig Economy—Then Pushed Them Out | WIRED
But when this doesn’t happen, companies desperately rework their models. When they need to curb spending, or when they struggle…
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Uber’s CEO Says He’ll Always Find a Reason to Say His Company Sucks
Are you using generative AI at Uber? AI is part of the Uber DNA. We use large models to predict…
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Spain’s Elections Pit Gig Workers Against the Far Right | WIRED
The election sees Sumar and center-left PSOE facing off against the Popular Party, the traditional party of the right wing…
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Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Stoned, and Abused in India
“After Covid, [cab-hailing platforms] don’t have any management. They have fired many employees. There aren’t many staffers to help out…
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As Gig Economy Companies Flee Europe, Getir Is Taking Over
Five years ago, investors wouldn’t return Nazim Salur’s calls. Now his company, Getir, is the biggest rapid grocery delivery company…
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On-Demand Tailoring Brings the Gig Economy to Your Wardrobe
It started with a charity shop off London’s Portobello Road, and the perfect pinstripe suit. Well, almost perfect. “I totally loved…
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Uber Squeezed Europe’s Taxi Drivers. Now It Wants to Hire Them
Drivers like Hubert might be skeptical of Uber’s deals, but within some unions there is real hostility toward the company.…
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The Gig Law Causing Chaos in California Strip Clubs
Many clubs decided to restructure the way dancers are paid after AB 5 was introduced in 2019, taking larger cuts…
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Undocumented Workers Protest Uber Eats Crackdown
These deactivations have enraged French unions, which believe Uber Eats is deactivating accounts as growth stalls. “The decision took place…
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