SMRTR TechMay 31, 2026The Verge

Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

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AI and robotics companies are racing to collect video footage of everyday household chores to train robots to do physical tasks. Startup Shift is offering free home cleaning in exchange for filming its workers in action, while India's Pronto has been secretly recording inside customers' homes. Since the physical world can't be scraped like the internet, high-quality domestic labor footage has become extremely valuable data.

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