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At this week\u2019s Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, African Tech Workers Rising<\/a> is championing the rights of data supply chain workers from across the continent.<\/p>\r\n

Organizer Sonia Kgomo, a former Facebook content moderator from Kenya, is at the global gathering of government officials, tech executives and civil society leaders to spotlight the crucial roles \u2013 and urgent needs \u2013 of content moderators, data labellers, AI trainers and others.<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cWe are an unseen force behind AI breakthroughs, and we\u2019re on the front lines of keeping technology safe for our communities. Our voices are essential to creating a just digital era, and I am here at the summit to make sure they\u2019re heard.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

The group\u2019s demands focus on living wages, safe working conditions and union representation.<\/p>\r\n

Backed by UNI Global Union, African Tech Workers Rising exposes the often-invisible labour behind AI, where workers regularly endure eight-to-ten-hour days of labelling data or moderating disturbing content at breakneck speed.<\/p>\r\n

The organization is unique in brining the harsh realities at the heart of the AI supply chain to a summit that has largely focused on innovation and regulation. UNI General Secretary Christy Hoffman<\/a> spoke from the summit\u2019s main stage yesterday saying, \u201cThere is not AI for the public good without workers\u2019 voices.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

For more information about African Tech Workers Rising visit their page.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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