{
  "id": 16636,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04019",
  "title": "Hidden Underbelly of the Silicon Valley: Algorithmic Exploitation and Health in Data Work Value Chains",
  "summary": "arXiv:2608.04019v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With robots expected to replace humans in some professions, AI presents a new development prospect through the provisions of data work. For over a decade, large Silicon Valley technology firms have been relying on outsourcing of data work via a host of intermediary suppliers and labour platforms to different parts of the globe often the Global South region, such as East Africa. Much of this work is often shrouded in secrecy as firms rarely reveal t",
  "authors": "Mophat Okinyi, Richard Mathenge, Mohammad Amir Anwar",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "jobs-economy,healthcare,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "africa",
  "published_at": "2026-08-06T04:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-06T05:10:11.148Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-cscy",
  "source_name": "arXiv cs.CY",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CY/recent",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16636",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04019",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}