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The human labor behind artificial intelligence

May 4, 2021
Behind every artificial intelligence project is lot of intensive human labor. Marketplace speaks to data labelers in central China.
Data labeling firms like this one in Henan province are the new factory floor of the digital age.
Charles Zhang/Marketplace

Where's the beef (from)?

Nov 22, 2013
New rules say that meat must be labeled with where the animal it came from was born, raised, and slaughtered.

California considers GMO labeling

Sep 28, 2012
California voters will decide whether genetically modified foods should be marked as such. Food-makers have fought the change, a turnabout from when genetically modified foods were first introduced.