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Ray-Ban Meta Footage Sparks Privacy Scrutiny as Contractors See Private Moments
technology1 month ago

Ray-Ban Meta Footage Sparks Privacy Scrutiny as Contractors See Private Moments

A Swedish investigative report based on interviews with Sama workers and former Meta employees alleges that contractors reviewing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses footage have seen highly sensitive material, including intimate moments and bathroom scenes, highlighting ongoing privacy concerns around Meta's wearables. Meta confirms it uses contractors to review user content to improve AI, with privacy protections like blurring faces, and policies allow human review of recordings and transcripts. A related class-action lawsuit argues Meta deceived consumers with privacy promises; regulators and press continue to scrutinize Meta's plans, including potential facial recognition features, while Sama emphasizes GDPR/CCPA compliance and secure data handling.

via Ars Technica|
#data-annotation#meta#privacy
Your Meta Ray-Bans Are Training AI—and Your Private Moments May Be Seen
technology1 month ago

Your Meta Ray-Bans Are Training AI—and Your Private Moments May Be Seen

A Swedish investigation finds that footage captured by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses is being reviewed by contractors at Kenya-based Sama, often uncensored and including private moments, to label footage for AI training. The process exposes wearers and bystanders to potential viewing by third parties, with little filtering before it reaches annotators. Meta’s terms allow human review of AI interactions, and users are advised to avoid sharing sensitive material, though non-wearers have no similar control. Gizmodo notes Meta did not comment at publication.

via Gizmodo|
#data-annotation#privacy#sama
Behind the Algorithm: Indian Women Moderators Endure Trauma to Train AI
technology2 months ago

Behind the Algorithm: Indian Women Moderators Endure Trauma to Train AI

Indian rural and marginalised women working from home perform data annotation and content moderation to train AI, often viewing thousands of disturbing images and videos daily. The work exacts a heavy psychological toll—nightmares, emotional numbness, and long-term mental-health risks—while pay remains low and protections limited, all within a precarious NDAs-bound, globally connected AI supply chain.

via The Guardian|
#ai-training#content-moderation#data-annotation
technology2 years ago

"Tech Giants Pin Hopes on Young Stanford Grad to Revolutionize AI for Billions"

Google and Microsoft are partnering with Karya, a startup founded by a 27-year-old Stanford alum, to address the challenge of finding high-quality data in non-English languages for their AI products. Karya hires workers in rural areas of countries like India, Kenya, and the Philippines to collect and label data in vernacular languages, offering them higher wages than the industry standard. This partnership represents a shift in the economics of the data industry and aims to improve the representation of diverse languages in AI models, particularly for the nearly one billion potential users in India. Karya's efforts also focus on reducing gender biases in language models and fighting poverty through technology.

via Yahoo Finance|
#ai#data-annotation#india
The Hidden Impact of AI on Jobs and Politics.
artificial-intelligence2 years ago

The Hidden Impact of AI on Jobs and Politics.

Annotators, or millions of people around the world working for generally low pay toiling away at monotonous tasks such as labeling photos of clothes, are a vital but hidden part of the AI industry. They work for companies that sell this data to big players for a steep price, all of which fosters a culture of secrecy. Annotators are usually forbidden from talking about their work, though they typically are kept in the dark about the big picture anyway.

via Newser|
#ai#annotators#artificial-intelligence