Startup Shift offers free home cleaning in exchange for recording chores to train AI robots
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Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
Shift, a New York-based startup, is offering free home cleaning services in exchange for recording the chores. A vetted operator wears a camera-equipped device while cleaning, and the footage is used as training data for AI systems to teach future home robots how to perform household tasks. The article highlights how everyday chores are becoming valuable raw material for training home robots.
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The company will record those chores to build training data for future home robots.
The footage can then help AI systems understand how people clean homes outside
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