Incident 527: Tech Companies Reportedly Influenced Gig Workers' Behaviors Using Algorithms to Vary Pay for Same Amount of Work
Description: Amazon and Uber were alleged in a multiyear ethnographic study using algorithmic systems based on gig workers' data to vary pay, such as by offering them lower wages for the same amount of work.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Uber and Amazon developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Uber drivers , gig workers and Amazon delivery workers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
527
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2014-05-08
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
papers.ssrn.com · 2023
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Recent technological developments related to the extraction and processing of data have given rise to widespread concerns about a reduction of privacy in the workplace. For a growing number of low-income and subordinated racial minority wor…
businessinsider.com · 2023
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Gig workers are doing the same jobs for different pay, and this model could come to your workplace someday.
That's according to new research from Veena Dubal, a law professor at University of California Hastings, who drew upon six years an…
Variants
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