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A college student thought he'd struck gold training AI. Then he says he got burned.

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A college student thought he'd struck gold training AI. Then he says he got burned.

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  • Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com amplified

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    "The $ figures Thomas & other Handshake contractors saw on their dashboards were estimates based on time they manually logged by starting & stopping a timer. The AI company paying for the project had another timer loggin…

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  • Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social amplified

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    Training AI systems is often touted as the kind of new job that will be created by AI, and LinkedIn says it’s one of the fastest growing job categories. Yet workers often report unpaid work and wage theft. See also our …

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