Meta Layoffs Linked To Data Annotation Contract Issues
Data annotators in Nairobi, Kenya, are training AI models for an American outsourcing company named SAMA. These workers help develop AI features for smart glasses, such as describing the world for people with visual impairments.
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BBC World Service
“But these AI features of the glasses, in part depend on workers thousands of miles away from Silicon Valley in Nairobi, Kenya. They're called data annotators, and they worked for an American outsourcing company, SAMA.”
BBC Radio 4
“Sammer, the company employing the data annotators said because Meta had cancelled a major contract, 1,108 of its employees would be laid off.”
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