- Kenya hosts a large refugee population in the Dadaab Refugee Camp.
- Ethiopian nationals are among refugees in Kenya, establishing commercial clusters in Nairobi, tracked by UNHCR.
United Nations promotes AI-driven remote jobs for refugees in Kenya
What happened
The United Nations is promoting remote job opportunities for refugees in Kenya using powerful AI tools. Refugees in camps, such as in Kakuma, use platforms like ChatGPT to perform research and translation tasks. This work is then submitted to AOP Connect, a crowdsourced research platform owned by RWS.
From theguardian.com
Why it matters
United Nations agencies and global tech companies promote these remote jobs, such as content moderation and data annotation, as a way to provide income opportunities for refugees. This arrangement allows AI and social media companies to access a source of cheap labor.
Kenya hosts a large refugee population in the Dadaab Refugee Camp, and Ethiopian nationals are among refugees in Kenya establishing commercial clusters in Nairobi.
From theguardian.com
Who's involved
- United NationsPromoting remote job opportunities for refugees
- KenyaThe country hosting the refugee population
Possible ripples
Who this could reach next, traced step by step from the reporting. Possibilities worth considering, not forecasts.Keep exploring
The entities involved
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Kenya
country in Eastern Africa
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United Nations
global international and intergovernmental organization
Related events
- UN chief António Guterres addresses the humanitarian crisis in Kenya, citing OCHA data regarding aid worker deaths.
- A report was commissioned on Africa's AI future, and the continent is establishing a regional AI anchor.
- Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke at a specialized summit focusing on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and human rights in Oxford.