Uber正在美国部分地区试点一项名为“数字任务”的新服务，允许其零工司机在非工作时间通过训练人工智能模型来赚取额外收入。这些任务包括拍摄照片和上传音频片段等。该服务已在印度成功推行，旨在为司机提供更多利用碎片时间增加收入的机会。UberCEO表示，此举也是为了应对未来自动驾驶技术可能对司机就业带来的影响，为零工经济的转型提供新的可能性。此次试点是Uber为提升司机收入和工作满意度所做的一系列努力之一，同时也是其AI解决方案集团拓展业务的尝试。

🚗 **拓展零工收入渠道**：Uber在美国启动“数字任务”试点，允许司机在非驾驶时间通过完成AI训练任务来增加收入。这些任务包括拍摄照片和上传音频等，为零工司机提供了在等待订单或休息时的额外赚钱机会。

💡 **AI训练服务的新尝试**：该服务是Uber AI Solutions Group的一部分，旨在为其他企业提供AI训练服务。通过将这些任务引入美国司机应用，Uber不仅为司机创造了新收入来源，也进一步拓展了其AI服务业务。

🌍 **全球化与本地化策略**：Uber已在印度成功开展“数字任务”服务，此次在美国的试点表明了其将此模式推广至全球市场的战略意图。这有助于Uber在不同地区为零工提供多样化的工作机会。

🔮 **应对未来就业挑战**：Uber CEO认为，随着自动驾驶技术的发展，未来驾驶工作可能会减少。因此，提供AI训练等非驾驶类任务，是对冲未来就业风险、保障零工收入稳定性的重要举措。

🔄 **持续优化司机体验**：除了数字任务，Uber还在进行其他多项改进，如提供更多行程评估时间、更清晰的多停靠点指示以及扩展女性司机优先选项等，旨在全面提升司机的整体工作体验和满意度。

Uber is expanding its AI-training service with a pilot for drivers in the US.Some US-based gig workers will be able to train AI models by taking photos and completing other tasks.Uber already offers the so-called "Digital Tasks" to users in India.

Uber's gig workers now have another way to earn money: training AI models.

The company said on Thursday it would start offering gigs meant to train AI — a group of jobs that Uber calls "Digital Tasks" — to some workers in the US through a pilot in its driver app. Uber already offers this sort of work to gig workers in India, where users complete tasks such as taking photos that are then fed into AI models.

"Drivers have asked for more ways to earn, even when they're not on the road," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement about the pilot. With the addition, Uber is "giving drivers more ways to earn during downtime."

Uber plans to make Digital Tasks available to users who already drive for Uber and Uber Eats. It won't let them take AI-training tasks while driving or waiting for a ride for safety reasons. The tasks include taking photos and uploading audio clips. The work is part of Uber's AI Solutions Group, which sells its AI training services to other businesses.

Finding work other than driving is an increasing concern for many gig workers, especially with the rise of self-driving cars threatening the future of their jobs. Uber is offering rides in autonomous Waymo cars in Atlanta and Austin, with plans to expand to more cities.

While Uber will likely still need human drivers for the next several years, Khosrowshahi has said that the loss of driving work will represent a big problem for society. He's pointed to AI training jobs like Digital Tasks as one potential way to counter that loss of income.

This is not the first time that Uber has experimented with gig work beyond delivering food and offering rides.

Two years ago, Uber tested a program that let users complete household tasks, such as assembling furniture, for those who requested help through the platform.

Digital Tasks is one of several changes that Uber plans to make, it said Thursday at its Only on Uber event for drivers.

Others include giving drivers more time to evaluate trips before accepting them, clearer instructions on trips that involve multiple stops, and an expansion of its option to request women drivers to more cities, including Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

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