AI researchers aim to boost collective organisation among workers for Uber and other platforms
● Communication issues, payment risks, and difficulties organising collective initiatives: workers in the gig economy face many obstacles when challenging huge companies that employ them.
● A team from the Civic AI Lab at Northeastern University (Boston) led by Saiph Savage has developed a suite of artificial intelligence tools to help gig workers for platforms like Uber and Deliveroo, among others, to identify and address specific socio-economic issues.
● Using new generative AI tools, they will be able to flag scams and payment defaults, and independently develop tailormade solutions like collective alert systems.
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