3 outlets·4 reports
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
An AI startup is providing free home-cleaning services in New York City, sending cleaners equipped with a camera-filled cap to capture first-person video of chores such as dish-scrubbing and floor-mopping. The company will use the recorded footage to train robots to perform domestic labor, turning the cleaning work into data for future machine learning.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Verge·This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
- TechMeme·AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots (Robert Hart/The Verge)
- Ars Technica·Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training
- The Verge·Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
Shift, an AI training startup, plans to film people doing chores. The company wants footage of cleaners at work, including tasks like scrubbing dishes and mopping floors. This footage will be used to teach machines to perform domestic labor.
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