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This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots
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TL;DR
- Shift offers free home cleaning services in exchange for recording the cleaning process.
- The footage is used to train robots, with the value of the data funding the free service.
- Cleaners wear a hat equipped with a camera to capture footage from their perspective.
- Personal information like faces and screen content will be blurred and anonymized.
- The service is initially available in New York and plans to expand to other cities.
- Shift also has a broader business model of paying people to record their activities for AI training.