"These tasks include audio voice recording, capturing and uploading images, and submitting documents in certain languages. The prompts will vary, but some examples include "upload images of cars" or "record yourself speaking in your language or local dialect." Another example is to upload a menu that's written in Spanish, which could earn someone as much as a whole dollar."
"The move could position Uber's global army of freelance drivers and delivery workers to challenge established players like Scale AI and Amazon's Mechanical Turks - businesses and platforms that work with generative AI companies to help train their models by having humans annotate and label the data that feeds them. Most of that work is done through low-cost labor outside the US and is seen as critical in the development of powerful AI models."
Uber launched a pilot in the US allowing drivers and couriers to earn extra money by completing microtasks to train AI models. Tasks include audio voice recordings, capturing and uploading images, and submitting documents in certain languages. Prompts vary and can include uploading images of cars, recording speech in a local dialect, or uploading a Spanish menu for small payments. The program could enable Uber's global freelance workforce to compete with firms like Scale AI and Amazon Mechanical Turk by supplying labeled training data. Much annotation work currently relies on low-cost labor outside the US and is critical for developing powerful generative AI models. The pilot accompanies broader efforts to position Uber as the platform for flexible work and to improve driver and courier app interactions.
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