Venture capitalist Nabeel Hyatt says training robots will reshape the future of work

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Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital
Nabeel Hyatt, general partner at Spark Capital

Spark Capital

I'm an ex-Wall Street trader who drives for Uber and Lyft. Gas prices have me rethinking which trips I take.

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Bill Lewis poses for the camera wearing a blue suit, white dress shirt, and white tie.
Bill Lewis worked on Wall Street before becoming a full-time ride-hailing driver.

Bill Lewis

We asked 12 gig workers how much they made in 2025. The answers varied wildly.

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Daniel Mondragon

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Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms.

That doesn't tell the full story, though.

Voracious demand for robotics training data is transforming gig work

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An Instawork Pro recording his activities
An Instawork Pro recording his activities

Instawork

Uber and DoorDash have an identity theft problem, and it's costing people on tax day

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A man exits a compact Uber car while wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses at Los Angeles International Airport.
A Florida resident is suing Uber over the income it reported to the IRS, saying he never worked for the company.

Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times

Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

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Young farmer using laptop in field
OpenAI is training ChatGPT to specialize in jobs such as ranching and agriculture.

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The sneaky truth about the wave of AI layoffs

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Businesspeople walking down office staircase

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Tech bosses say AI will make us work less. So far, that's mostly meant fewer of us will be working for them full-time.

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says he likes getting 2,000-word emails from delivery workers. It helps him fix their issues.

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DoorDash CEO Tony Xu says he likes long emails from customers and delivery workers.

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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart are dangling new incentives as gas prices squeeze drivers. We break them down.

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DoorDash
DoorDash launched an "emergency relief program" to combat rising gas prices on Monday.

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A senator is pressing the IRS to raise the mileage deduction that Uber drivers rely on to offset spiking gas prices

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A woman sits behind the seat of a Honda car while driving. In a smartphone holder to her right, a phone shows a ride-hailing app with directions for completing a ride.
Senator Ruben Gallego asked for a higher per-mile deduction from the IRS in a Thursday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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