In the fast-growing field of data annotation, workers in a small city in south India train A.I. to improve how it performs tasks traditionally done by people.
AI:Workers in the Indian city of Karur are fueling the global artificial intelligence boom by performing specialized data annotation tasks designed to refine machine learning algorithms and improve AI performance. This growing sector provides human-driven labor necessary to train automated systems for complex real-world functions, highlighting a shift where manual data processing becomes a vital component of high-tech development.Open
Outsourcing giant Serco clarified on Monday that it will participate in mass deportation operations under a future Reform UK government, following a report from The Sunday Telegraph that it would not, and a demand for clarification from Reform UK's Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf.
Outsourcing giant Serco has clarified that the company will assist Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party with mass deportations after Zia Yusuf, Reform’s Shadow Home Secretary, threatened to revoke its contracts with the British government . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Outsourcing giant Serco clarified on Monday that it will participate in mass deportation operations under a future Reform UK government, following a report from The Sunday Telegraph that it would not, and a demand for clarification from Reform UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf. DETAIL: Under the scheme, dubbed Operation Restoring Justice, a Reform government would dramatically expand detention capacity and deportation flights. The measures would likely rely on…Open
The Boeing 737 Max has been involved in at least two fatal crashes. Turns out one of the reasons why may be that Boeing decided to employ $9 an hour contractors to create critical software instead of doing it in-house. The software for the Max was created as Boeing was making a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. One of the key companies involved was HCL Technologies Ltd, located across from Seattle’s Boeing Field, where aircraft are built. Even as the software was being created, the shoddy nature of its design was obvious. Code was routinely rejected because it had not been written properly . Per Business Standard, in posts on social media, HCL engineers stated they helped develop and test the Max’s flight-display…Open
Trump signed a proclamation in September that imposed the new fee on the program, which has been the target of immigration hawks for years. Critics have argued large firms use the program to import cheap labor, mostly from India, to replace Americans.
While organizations in the developing world were nearly shut out, the big aid agencies DOGE had called wasteful received huge infusions of cash, a new analysis found.
Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it’s too late.