Fairwork AI Ratings 2023: The Workers Behind AI at Sama. Report

Callum Cant; Funda Ustek Spilda; Lola Brittain; Mark Graham

Fairwork AI Ratings 2023: The Workers Behind AI at Sama. Report

Callum Cant^*, Funda Ustek Spilda, Lola Brittain, Mark Graham

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Abstract

The first Fairwork AI report presents the results of a case study into Sama, a data annotation company that aims to have a positive social impact, which was conducted as part of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) “AI for Fair Work” project. Across the world, there is increasing attention paid to the precarious situation of workers that are part of the AI supply chain. The Fairwork AI ratings presented in this report, which assess the working conditions of workers at Sama in different job roles and performing various tasks, show that fairness at work is not a given, but that by pointing to shortcomings and encouraging meaningful pro-worker change, substantial improvements can be achieved. The key improvements Sama made to the working conditions of its workers through their engagement with Fairwork are the focus of this report.

Original language	English
Publisher	Global Partnership on AI
Commissioning body	Global Partnership on AI
Number of pages	32
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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Name	Future of Work

Keywords

AI (artificial intelligence)
Sama
AI workers
data workers
AI supply chains

UN SDGs

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