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"Platform Extractivism": Inside Venezuela's Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies

Source: Democracy Now!· webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)· August 27, 2026
"Platform Extractivism": Inside Venezuela's Hidden Workforce Training AI Algorithms for Pennies

Julián Posada’s upcoming book, titled Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence, is based on extensive fieldwork among data workers in Venezuela. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid a hyperinflation crisis, …

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