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How Big Tech’s AI labor supply chain relies on hidden African workers - Rest of World

restofworld.org
2025-04-23T20:55:57.265Z
ai ml llm tech africa

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New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.

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What's Wrong With #FirstWorldProblems - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

www.theatlantic.com
2011-11-29T22:02:21.000Z
firstworldproblems africa tech stereotypes culture imported:pinboard

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But, for inchoate reasons, I have come to dislike it when people tweet #firstworldproblems. I could not identify what irked me about it, but there was something.

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