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https://scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3008977/facebook-labels-many-posts-hand-part-efforts-train-ai-software-puttingPolicy
Facebook ‘labels’ many posts by hand as part of efforts to ‘train’ AI software, putting the spotlight on privacy
- The Wipro work in India is among about 200 content labelling projects that Facebook has at any time, employing thousands of people globally
Facebook has unveiled a redesign that focuses on the Groups feature of its main social network, doubling down on a successful but controversial part of its namesake app and another sign that Facebook is moving toward more private, intimate communication. Photo: Bloomberg
Over the past year, a team of as many as 260 contract workers in Hyderabad, India has ploughed through millions of Facebook photos, status updates and other content posted since 2014.
The workers categorise items according to five “dimensions,” as Facebook calls them.