Rural India powers global AI models

From her home in India's eastern Jharkhand state, Kerketta is part of an AI-driven labour shift that the government hopes will transform lives, including by bringing more women into the workforce. The work is basic but essential for machine learning: data labelling, annotation and quality checks. It is the type of information key for driverless cars, for example. "This job helped me finish my studies, and help at home on our farm," Kerketta said as she tended tomatoes and peas. Kerketta, from...