AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots (Robert Hart/The Verge)

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Shift launched a free NYC cleaning service to collect first-person household video data for robot training.

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<a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/939765/ai-training-data-startup-shift-free-cleaning"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260529/i18.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260529/p18#a260529p18" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Robert Hart / <a href="https://www.theverge.com/">The Verge</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/939765/ai-training-data-startup-shift-free-cleaning">AI startup Shift launches a free home cleaning service in NYC to record first-person video with a camera-equipped cap and use it to train robots</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; &#65279;Shift says a &lsquo;magic hat&rsquo; will record its cleaners working inside your home. &hellip; AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free.</p>