In an interview in French newspaper Le Monde, DiPLab researchers explain how artificial Intelligence systems are more reliant on human input than commonly thought. The data work needed to prepare and train models is largely outsourced to developing countries, like Madagascar. Maxime Cornet and Clément Le Ludec have studied this Read more
Antonio Casilli from DiPLab was interviewed by French International Radio (RFI) about Madagascar’s role in AI development. The African island-nation is crucial for training French-language AI tools, with many tasks outsourced to workers in Antananarivo. In this podcast, Eric, a 22-year-old data worker at SmartOne, shared his experience, highlighting wages Read more
Maxime Cornet and Clément Le Ludec, PhD students in the DiPLab group at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris, accompanied by their thesis supervisor Antonio Casilli, looked at the phenomenon of “click workers” in Madagascar. These workers are responsible for making data comprehensible to artificial intelligence (AI) models, thus contradicting the Read more
The DiPLab team’s work is highlighted in an exposé by Radio France Inter about the impact of AI on work and employment. DiPLab’s co-founder Antonio Casilli, known for his book “En attendant les Robots” and principal investigator of the ANR-funded HuSh project, provides a scholarly perspective on the behind-the-scenes training Read more
I had the privilege and pleasure to visit Madagascar in the last two weeks. I had an invitation from Institut Français where I participated in a very interesting panel on “How can Madagascar help us rethink artificial intelligence more ethically?”, with Antonio A. Casilli, Jeremy Ranjatoelina et Manovosoa Rakotovao. I Read more
An Open Access article titled “The problem with annotation. Human labour and outsourcing between France and Madagascar” has been published in the journal Big Data & Society. The article, authored by Clément Le Ludec, Maxime Cornet, and Antonio A Casilli from DiPLab, delves into the intricate interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) development Read more
DiPLab researchers make the front page of French newspaper l’Humanité: a long article on the microworkers who train French AI products in Madagascar, featuring PhD students Maxime Cornet and Clément Le Ludec (https://www.humanite.fr/social-eco/intelligence-artificielle/enquete-derriere-l-intelligence-artificielle-made-france-des-exploites-madagascar-774148), followed by an interview with sociologist Antonio Casilli (https://www.humanite.fr/social-eco/intelligence-artificielle/antonio-casilli-de-sujets-coloniaux-des-data-subjects-774160).Between April and May 2022, the three went to Read more
9th Research and Creation Meetings Festival d’Avignon – ANR, Tales, worlds and stories, July 11 and 12, 2022. “Is digital labor a work “without qualities’?” by Antonio Casilli, professor and sociologist at Télécom Paris. Antonio Casilli is coordinator of the HuSh project – The human supply chain behind smart technologies, Read more
DiPLab team members Paola Tubaro, Marion Coville (alumna), Clément Le Ludec and Antonio Casilli published a new article in Internet Policy Review entitled “Hidden inequalities: the gendered labour of women on micro-tasking platforms” The full article is available in open access here Abstract Around the world, myriad workers perform micro-tasks Read more
Our bi-monthly DiPLab online seminar will welcome Maxime Cornet and Clément Le Ludec (both PhD Candidates at Telecom Paris) for a session on “The globalisation of service jobs: what’s the place of data-labour in AI’s global value chain network? Findings from two Franco-Malagasy case studies.“. The seminar will be held Read more