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When AI owns the paycheck

Artificial intelligence vector illustration of Scientist men building human head with cogwheels and wires. [File Courtesy]

There’s a new landlord in town—and it lives in the cloud. If you’ve ever uploaded a video, answered a CAPTCHA, or trained a chatbot by angrily yelling “Speak to a human!”, congratulations. You’ve been doing unpaid labour for your AI overlords.

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