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Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training

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29 May
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free. The catch - because, despite what its website says, there's always a catch - is that it will record cleaners as they

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29 May
This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots

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25 May
OpenAI is paying people in NYC to install 360-degree cameras in their homes that record everything. Vacuuming, washing dishes, cooking, etc.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1tn0m8k/openai_is_paying_people_in_nyc_to_install/"> <img alt="OpenAI is paying people in NYC to install

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30 May
[offer]Looking for people in US/UK/CA/AU to film their everyday chores for AI robot training ($12/hr, up to $1,200)

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone,</p> <p>We're working with a US robotics company that's building humanoid household robots. To train the AI, they need a lot of

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