German startup offers free NYC home cleaning in exchange for recording data to train cleaning robots
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Jeremy Hsu
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Summary
German startup MicroAGI is offering free home cleaning services in New York City through its Shift app, with the catch that professional cleaners will wear head-mounted cameras to record their work. The recorded data is intended to train AI-driven robots for future autonomous cleaning tasks. The company describes itself as focused on accelerating embodied AI.
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All that data will supposedly be used to train AI-driven robots.
The German startup MicroAGI, whose website describes the company as a 'team of engineers, researchers, and operators on a mission to accelerate embodied AI.'
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