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A new gig rises, will it scale up?
As AI models grow more complex, a new white-collar gig workforce has emerged to review and guide systems. A new category of AI-related work is unravelling in India, where professionals are paid not just to label data, but to review, validate, and guide artificial intelligence systems. Who are these humans-in-the-loop? Puran Choudhary explores
Content moderators for Big Tech unite to tackle mental trauma
Content moderators worldwide, from the Philippines to Turkey, are demanding stronger mental health support as they face trauma from viewing graphic online content. Citing inadequate care, job insecurity, and low pay, they’ve formed a global union to push tech giants like Meta and TikTok for protective protocols and humane working conditions.
Canada hit by massive mobile, internet outage
Friday's outage also affected passport offices and Canada's ArriveCAN app which is used for border control, reports Xinhua news agency.
Climate career platform Terra.do raises $5 million in funding led by Avaana Capital
The platform has also announced the release of its mobile app, which provides access to climate professionals and hiring managers at leading climate tech firms, allowing for direct contact between climate businesses and potential employees.
Google to set up data centres in India; chases Microsoft, Amazon over the cloud
Google also unveiled the G Suite which was previously called Google Apps for Work and encompasses enterprise apps such Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts, and more.
BPO industry churn on cards amid $2 billion M&A plans
Some of the M&As, involving sizeable volumes of call centre business, are aimed at taking advantage of a valua tion bump-up with a challenging road ahead.
