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Meta's £40/Hour Side Hustle: All You Need Is a Face, a Voice – and Zero Shame

Launched in Pittsburgh, the initiative has sparked curiosity and debate about privacy and the future of digital identity.

International Business Times UK · May 19, 2025

Contractors training Amazon, Meta and Microsoft’s AI systems left without pay after Appen moves to new platform

Appen says nearly one-third of payments were not paid on time as a result of issue with payment processing integration

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2024

Australian shares edge lower as big banks weigh

The ASX200 finished 0.2 per cent lower in its third straight day of quiet trading, with heavy losses for the Big Four retail banks.

AAP · Mar 14, 2024

Precarious conditions of AI ‘ghost workers’ revealed by Google termination of Appen contract, union says

Alphabet Workers’ Union says contract’s end will have ‘devastating impact’ on subcontractors who do the grunt work involved in training AI

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2024

A.I.’s exploitation of human workers could come back to bite it

Artificial intelligence remains deeply reliant on human labor.

Fortune · Jun 21, 2023

Google's 'Ghost Workers' are demanding to be seen by the tech giant

Google has a massive workforce of subcontractors to help maintain its search engine and now they're asking for more labor rights.

WEKU · Mar 31, 2023

Google contract workers win raise following union activism

The Alphabet Workers Union said on Monday that thousands of contract employees assessing the quality of Alphabet Inc.’s Google search and advertising won a raise that brought workers’ wages up to $15 an hour, following a Bloomberg report documenting allegedly inadequate pay and benefits.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023

Brian Merchant: Minimum wage 'ghosts' keep Google and Microsoft's AI arms race from becoming a nightmare

When Google's algorithms work like they're supposed to — when they show you the bit of information you're looking for and not nonsense or weird porn or propaganda or dangerous medical advice — you have people like Ed Stackhouse to thank.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2023

Behind 'miracle' AI is an army of 'ghost workers' — and they're speaking out about Appen

Australian company Appen claims to have a network of more than 1 million global workers who label the data that AI systems are trained on. But some of these people are speaking out about low pay, late payments and ill treatment.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Appen down 22pct after Telus revokes bid

A Canadian tech conglomerate has withdrawn its $1.2 billion tentative takeover offer for Sydney-based Appen, which provides services to the AI industry.

AAP · May 27, 2022