How AI gutted Kenya's essay-writing industry, which at its peak paid 40,000+ people in Nairobi to do overseas students' homework, leaving few paths back to work (New York Times)

AI tools have eliminated the Kenyan essay-writing market that once employed over 40,000 Nairobi residents to produce homework for overseas students, causing a rapid loss of income for those workers. The collapse highlights the vulnerability of global online gig economies to rapid AI displacement.