How AI’s Labor Supply Chains Fail Workers
In April, Kenyan data worker Grace\* worked the night shift for Sama --- a San Francisco-based outsourcing firm with physical offices in Nairobi that supplied trainers for Meta's AI systems, including Meta's AI-powered Ray‑Ban glasses. "Yo ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1418#7640)
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Published: 30 July 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 1 August 2026
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