Robot training data in Venezuela
2 companies with workers here, 0 datasets collected here and 4 sourced events.
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Pay reported
| Work | USD per hour | × min wage | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuelan crowd labelers | $0.90 | 2022 | technologyreview. | |
| Clickwork/data labelling (part-time; 173.3 h basis understates hourly) | $1.15 to $1.73 | 2024 | restofworld. |
Companies with workers here
Events
- 2025-04-16 AI clickwork dries up for Venezuelans in Colombia
Monthly earnings fell from about $500 before 2022 to about $320. restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet - 2025-04-16 Rest of World: clickwork dries up for Venezuelan migrants
Fewer tasks each year. restofworld.org ↗ Major outlet - 2022-04-20 MIT Tech Review: How the AI industry profits from catastrophe
Karen Hao and Andrea Paola Hernández show crisis-hit Venezuela becoming a main source of data-labeling labor at roughly 90 cents an hour. technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet - 2019-08-22 MIT Tech Review: Venezuelans train self-driving car AI
Crisis-hit workers labeled perception data for autonomous vehicles. technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
On-the-ground evidence
- Hive Micro, Spare5 (Mighty AI)
By mid-2018, an estimated 200,000 Venezuelans had registered for Hive Micro and Spare5, making up 75% of their respective workforces.
technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet - Appen
adjusts its pay per task to the minimum wage of each worker's locale
technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet - Scale AI / Remotasks
Its labelers migrated to Remotasks in droves.
technologyreview.com ↗ Major outlet
Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method