Uber is piloting a new program in the US allowing drivers to earn extra income by completing "microtasks" for AI model training, expanding from its India tests. These tasks include voice recordings ...

Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. is transportation editor ...

How do things work out when people are managed by algorithms, versus actual human beings? Likely, jobs get shredded into microtasks. At this time, algorithmically managed jobs tend to be contract or ...

Visual Studio Code is a code editor that is completely free and open-source. It has been developed by Microsoft and is highly regarded by developers due to its lightweight, fast, and extensible design ...

At first glance, Microsoft's proposal to fill employees' spare time with small tasks seems like a boon for workplace productivity. Don't be fooled, Brien warns. I recently read a fascinating article ...

Many applications of machine intelligence will not be ready for prime-time without the assistance of humans. A Y Combinator-backed startup, Scale Inc., wants to provide “humans-on-demand” to help with ...

Struggling to get started on a big project? Stuck at the halfway point? Perhaps it's time for a different approach. Personal-development blogger Steve Pavlina suggests breaking a large project down ...