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Artificial Intelligence is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 2 of the 2 tracked stories. Coverage clusters in ai-models, which accounts for 1 of those 2, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each.
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Last mentioned: Aug 24, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence is the most frequent co-covered peer, appearing in 2 of the 2 tracked stories. Coverage clusters in ai-models, which accounts for 1 of those 2, with the remainder spread across 1 other category. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each. Data Labelling appears in 2 tracked Cross-Sector stories from August 24, 2026.
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New field research on AI data workers in China and Australia exposes a two-tier global labour market: specialist PhD-level workers earning up to A$800 an hour, while most labelers doing general tasks earn A$6 a day or less. For HR leaders, this is a wake-up call about contingent workforces, ethical sourcing and the real economics behind the AI job boom.
The "AI job boom" is really a hidden human supply chain: models cannot learn until people categorise, label and moderate training data. New research with ten data workers in China and Australia shows most are paid A$6 a day or less, with serious implications for data quality, model reliability and AI governance.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com · theconversation.com
