Why an AI company cleaned my New York City apartment for free
Bbc
An AI startup called Shift offers free apartment cleaning in New York to collect video data for training future autonomous robots.Summary
The AI firm Micro AGI, through its initiative Shift, is providing free cleaning and cooking services to New York City residents. In exchange, cleaners equipped with head-mounted cameras record their activities to gather data for training next-generation autonomous robots. While founder Bercan Kilic frames the project as an honest, transactional way to advance robotics, privacy experts warn that participants are trading sensitive domestic data for relatively small benefits, raising significant concerns about surveillance and data security.
(Source：Bbc)