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These prisoners are training AI

14 mins | Sep 17, 2023
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Around the world, 'clickworkers' - people training AI models - are rapidly becoming a new type of labor force, characterised by working remotely and being paid lower wages. Aspects that most of the world wouldn't necessarily associate with high-wage Finland. However, as Morgan Meaker explores, one company there may have found a loophole: prisoners.

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