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Mobile app help refugees rebuild lives by paying them to boost artificial intelligence

REFUNITE has developed an app, LevelApp, which is being piloted in Uganda to allow refugees earn instant money by “training” algorithms for AI. A refugee in Uganda currently earning $1.25 a day doing basic tasks or menial jobs could make up to $20 a day doing simple AI labeling work on their phones. [Courtesy]

Companies could help refugees rebuild their lives by paying them to boost artificial intelligence (AI) using their phones and giving them digital skills, a tech non-profit said on Thursday.

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