AI startup Shift offers free home cleanings in NYC to gather robot training footage
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Summary
AI training startup Shift is offering free home cleaning services in New York in exchange for permission to record the cleaners at work. The footage will be used as training data to teach future robots how to perform household chores. The company argues the value of the training data offsets the cost of providing free cleanings, framing it as a win-win arrangement where homeowners get a spotless apartment and Shift gets valuable data for robot training.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledYou get a spotless apartment. We get training data. Everyone wins.
Shift announced the unusual offer on social media on Thursday, explaining that the value of the training data generated from the cleanings is more than enough to fund the service.
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