TECHNOLOGYTHE VERGE
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
Shift, an AI training startup, offers free home cleaning in New York and plans to expand to cities like London, but requires footage of its cleaners performing chores. The footage aims to train machines to perform domestic labor, a challenge for robotics companies.
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