Uber Will Pay Drivers to Train Its AI Models Between Rides

Do Drivers Want to Go All In on AI?

The program exists in support of Uber AI Solutions, which expanded earlier this month with the purchase of Segments AI, a startup that uses camera and sensor information to enable autonomous driving. A similar pilot program was carried out in India, where drivers were able to earn small amounts of money responding to prompts in the Uber app.

The move will certainly allow Uber to compete with other companies such as Scale AI and Amazon’s Mechanical Turks, who work with generative AI companies to help train their models.

However, as beneficial as this may be for Uber, there’s a big question mark over whether drivers will be interested in the program, especially as there have been complaints in the past about low pay as a result of Uber’s high take rate on deliveries and rides.