"Megha Yethadka, global head of Uber AI Solutions, revealed the new gigs in a Thursday LinkedIn post in which she said drivers sometimes have downtime during the day or might want to make some extra cash after hours. Yethadka said the work can involve reviewing photos, counting objects, classifying text, recording audio, or digitizing receipts. She said the gigs are "Powering our enterprise customers worldwide for their gen AI models or consumer applications.""
"The rideshare giant's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi mentioned digital tasks on the company's early August Q2 earnings call, when he said it makes sense for the company because "It's using the core Uber capability, which is sending out tasks to earners all over the world. You're just going to see a different kind of earner that is going to work for the really exciting AI developments that you see all over the world.""
Uber's Indian arm is using its app to offer rideshare and delivery drivers paid "digital tasks" that label and classify data used by AI. Tasks include reviewing photos, counting objects, classifying text, recording audio, and digitizing receipts. The gigs are available in 12 Indian cities and tens of thousands of drivers are already performing them. The company says tasks power enterprise customers' gen-AI models and consumer applications. The company reports early results as promising and plans to scale worldwide. Uber has not disclosed pay rates or customer charges. Uber also operates a 350-petabyte data lake and developed HiveSync to protect its data.
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