{"id":272271,"date":"2026-06-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/indian-workers-training-ai-robots-to-take-their-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:40:14","slug":"indian-workers-training-ai-robots-to-take-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/indian-workers-training-ai-robots-to-take-their-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/biz\/archives\/2026\/06\/14\/2003859050\">Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/biz\/archives\/2026\/06\/14\/2003859050\">https:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/biz\/archives\/2026\/06\/14\/2003859050<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-13 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.taipeitimes.com\">www.taipeitimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"as boxTitle boxText\" data-desc=\"\u5206\u4eab\u5217\">\n<li>\n<p>By Aishwarya Kumar   \/<br \/>\nAFP, KARUR, India <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. <\/p>\n<p>Earning just over US$2 for an hour of video, her mundane recordings are invaluable for global tech companies teaching machines how to move like humans in the real world. <\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old is one of a growing army of thousands of AI system trainers in the world\u2019s most populous country. <\/p>\n<p>Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho else will give you 250 rupees an hour just for doing housework?\u201d said Sriramyachandra from her kitchen in Chennai in southern India\u2019s Tamil Nadu state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may get a robot myself in the future,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p>AI chatbots and image generators crunch reams of digital data, but building systems to navigate real-life environments is more challenging. <\/p>\n<p>Developers think feeding first-person footage, called \u201cegocentric data,\u201d into specialized AI models would help robots copy humans. <\/p>\n<p>Some AI trainers work at home, others in factories or specialized studios \u2014 using video glasses, head-mounted cameras and motion sensors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt blares \u2018hands not detected\u2019 when I\u2019m not recording properly,\u201d said Sriramyachandra, who sends recordings via a special app to the AI data company Objectways. <\/p>\n<p>The firm, which has offices in India and the US, lists Fortune 500 multinationals as clients. 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