{"id":2959,"date":"2026-05-29T21:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tech-companies-desperately-want-to-film-you-doing-chores\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:37:43","slug":"tech-companies-desperately-want-to-film-you-doing-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tech-companies-desperately-want-to-film-you-doing-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free<\/a>. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. <\/p>\n

But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. <\/p>\n

In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of its cleaners at work: scrubbing dishes, wiping counters, dusting tables, mopping floors. It wants everything. Video of all the boring domestic labor we’d happily outsource if we could – and that robotics companies are racing to teach machines to do so they can sell us something to do it for us.<\/p>\n

That’s harder than it sounds. Unlike cha \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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