09.05.25
Big Tech
Exhausted, traumatised and underpaid, content moderators are the invisible victims of a labour system in need of overhaul
08.01.25
With tech titans openly disregarding the truth ahead of Trump’s second term, 2025 is likely to herald a new era of disinformation
19.12.24
There has been a surge of interest in AI as a tool to help end wars. But the assumptions baked into these tools risk repeating the mistakes of the past.
11.10.24
The video platform has cut hundreds of jobs across the world as it shifts to rely on AI and outsourced workers
05.06.24
With 2bn people heading to the polls this year, regulators must keep pace with new strategies of deception
Concerns raised over platform’s ability to curb misinformation as major elections loom
22.05.24
TBIJ's recent investigation into Toloka provided a fascinating glimpse into the global AI industry and its insatiable thirst for data
28.03.24
The forums and groups where online gig workers discuss their tasks offered incredibly insight into how facial recognition tech relies on an army of outsourced data labellers
27.03.24
It has become theoretically possible to identify almost anyone when they are caught on video
Tech used to repress dissent against Putin’s regime is powered by unwitting workers in global south
Workers logging onto a Russian gig work platform unwittingly trained facial recognition tools used to detain activists in Moscow
07.03.24
AI-generated imitations come in different forms and are increasingly hard to tell apart from the real thing
