An investigation reveals that Scale AI, part-owned by Meta, has paid gig workers to scrape Instagram personal profiles and copyrighted content to train artificial intelligence systems.
Summary
The Guardian reports that Scale AI, 49%-owned by Meta, employs tens of thousands of gig workers to train AI by scraping personal profiles and copyrighted content. Workers reportedly use the Outlier platform to harvest Instagram data and transcribe pornographic audio. The investigation exposes the data sourcing methods used to refine top-level artificial intelligence systems.
Key Facts
- •Scale AI, a company 49%-owned by Meta, employs tens of thousands of gig workers to train AI models.[1]confirmed
- •Workers have harvested personal data from Instagram, utilized copyrighted work, and transcribed pornographic soundtracks.[1]confirmed
- •The work is conducted through a platform called Outlier.[1]confirmed
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The Guardian reports that Scale AI, 49%-owned by Meta, employs tens of thousands of gig workers to train AI by scraping personal profiles and copyrighted content. Workers reportedly use the Outlier platform to harvest Instagram data and transcribe pornographic audio. The investigation exposes the data sourcing methods used to refine top-level artificial intelligence systems.
- • Scale AI, a company 49%-owned by Meta, employs tens of thousands of gig workers to train AI models.
- • Workers have harvested personal data from Instagram, utilized copyrighted work, and transcribed pornographic soundtracks.
- • The work is conducted through a platform called Outlier.