![]() ![]() They work much less well in languages like Kannada which, even though it is spoken by millions of people, is scarce on the internet. Right now, cutting edge AIs-for example, large language models like ChatGPT-work best in languages like English, where text and audio data is abundant online. Read More: Gig Workers Behind AI Face ‘Unfair Working Conditions,’ Oxford Report FindsĬhandrika’s voice can fetch this sum because of the boom in artificial intelligence (AI). And in a few days, more money will arrive-a 50% bonus, awarded once the voice clips are validated as accurate. Just by reading text aloud in her native language of Kannada, spoken by around 60 million people mostly in central and southern India, Chandrika has used this app to earn an hourly wage of about $5, nearly 20 times the Indian minimum. ![]() Unlike her day job, the app doesn’t make her wait until the end of the month for payment money lands in her bank account in just a few hours. That’s roughly the same amount she makes in a month of working as a teacher at a distant school, after the cost of the three buses it takes her to get there and back. But in return for around six hours of work spread over several days in late April, she received 2,570 rupees ($31.30). At each tap, the sound of her voice speaking her mother tongue emerges from the phone.īefore she started using this app, 30-year-old Chandrika (who, like many South Indians, uses the first letter of her father’s name, K., instead of a last name) had just 184 rupees ($2.25) in her bank account. As Chandrika scrolls, she clicks on several audio clips in succession, demonstrating the simplicity of the app she recently started using. It is early morning in Alahalli village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, but the heat and humidity are rising fast. In the shade of a coconut palm, Chandrika tilts her smartphone screen to avoid the sun’s glare. Thanks to Karya, millions of people whose languages are marginalized online could gain better access to AI. ![]() Now she is able to work for Karya, a nonprofit AI data company in southern India. ![]() SHARE Supranav Dash for TIME Rajeshwari N., 29, left her job as a garment factory worker because of health issues. ![]()
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