Dimensional pays people $20 an hour to walk robot dogs for AI training data
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San Francisco startup Dimensional pays people $20 an hour to walk four-legged robot dogs and collect training data for systems that let machines act more independently with AI agents, according to the New York Times, as cited by The Guardian.
The report is a column that also mentions a separate ICE plan to spend up to $2m on Boston Dynamics robot dogs, reported earlier, and Warhound, a startup launched last month to create genetically modified dogs with cybernetic augments for battlefield use. The column does not report Dimensional's data volume, customers, or results.
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- The Guardian · AINewsStartup Dimensional pays people to walk robot dogs to train AI agents
AIDimensional, a San Francisco startup, pays people $20 an hour to walk four-legged robot dogs, according to the New York Times, to collect training data for operating systems that let machines act more independently with AI agents. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend up to $2m on robot dogs made by Boston Dynamics, per an earlier report. The column also describes Warhound, a startup launched last month to create genetically modified dogs with cybernetic augments for battlefield use.
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