Your guide to gig work, whether it's your side hustle or main source of income

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A bicycle courier from Uber Eats rides his bicycle during the heatwave in Utrecht
Delivering food or driving passengers for Uber isn't the only type of gig work anymore.

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Gig work has never been more widespread — and more challenging.

AI model training needs are changing, with subject experts pushing aside generalist data labelers

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Artwork showing a person staring at a computer screen

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I drive for Uber and Lyft after retiring from Wall Street. The principles I learned as a trader help me make more money.

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Sergio Avedian wears a pair of glasses and a blue and white checkered shirt while facing the camera.
Sergio Avedian started driving for Uber and Lyft after retiring from his job as a Wall Street trader.

Sergio Avedian

Uber says one stat shows how much room the company has to grow in the US

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Uber
Uber

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I drive for Uber and Lyft as a medical student. It's not the profitable side hustle I expected it to be.

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Medical student Porshaye Watkins poses on a walking path with a forest in the background. She is wearing a white medical coat a dress with a blue pattern, and a stethoscope around her neck.
Porshaye Watkins drives for Uber and Lyft as a side hustle.

Porshaye Watkins

Uber headhunted PhDs to join 'Project Sandbox.' After a month, it said that their AI training contracts were over.

Tech Insider : Business
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at a conference while wearing a light grey suit, light blue dress shirt, and crossing his two pointer fingers.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has pointed to AI training as an example of the company becoming a "platform for work."

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Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
An Uber Eats gig worker rides a bike along a body of water while wearing a black hat and a green backpack.
A new law in New York requires businesses, including Uber and Lyft, to disclose when they're using algorithms to set prices.

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DoorDash makes its corporate staff moonlight as delivery workers. It's led to big changes to the app.

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A man walks past a house's garage while wearing a black coat and carrying a red DoorDash bag
DoorDash corporate employees make deliveries through the company's WeDash program.

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Uber is offering AI gigs for PhDs as it becomes a 'platform for work,' CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

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Lyft's CEO explains why he prefers 'Falcon Mode' to being a hands-off CEO

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Lyft CEO David Risher standing in front of a gray wall with a white Lyft logo behind him.
Lyft CEO David Risher, who recently said the company is preparing for the changes to the industry that self-driving cars will bring.

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