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JD turns its 600,000 workers into robot-training data collectors

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What happened: On July 20, Chinese media reported that e-commerce giant JD.com is having its couriers, cleaners, and stockers gather "human-perspective" data for resale to robotics firms.

JD is reportedly sending home-cleaning staff to mop floors wearing cameras and sensors and then digitizing the ...