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Indian workers film manual tasks to supply robot-training data
Barbers, garment workers and a teacher in India are paid to record manual work with head-mounted cameras so footage can train physical AI for robots.
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BBC News reports that hundreds of thousands of workers worldwide, including barbers and garment workers in Bengaluru and a teacher in Andhra Pradesh, are paid to film their manual work with head-mounted cameras so the footage can train physical AI for robotics.
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