Labor Regulation

WIRED examines egocentric data gigs used to train robots, detailing platforms Kled, Luel, and Waffle Video, the payouts and data-quality issues, and the broader labor/privacy/regulatory risks for AI training data.

Investigative piece on Mercor and the AI data-training gig economy reveals high precarity, low and variable pay (e.g., $16–$45/hr), thousands of workers across a data-supply chain, and rising regulatory and legal risks from misclassification lawsuits in California, signaling material labor and compliance risks for AI data markets.

India’s labor ministry is pressuring quick-commerce platforms to drop 10-minute delivery promises to protect gig workers.