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[Rest of World] China’s AI boom depends on an army of exploited student interns

China Stories

English - September 29, 2023 20:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings
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As part of China’s digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators — for low pay and few future prospects.

Click here to read the article by Viola Zhou and Caiwei Chen.

Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

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