How Americans over 80 keep working to pay the bills

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Four Americans in their 80s share why they're still working to pay the bills. Whether it's driving for Uber or substitute teaching, their stories reveal resilience, purpose, and what it really means to keep going past 80 in an economy with little safety net.

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

I drive for Uber and Lyft in Hawaii. I earn less than I did driving a cab, but this benefit keeps me coming back.

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Richard Detty, a ride-hailing driver in Honolulu, wears sunglasses, a dark grey Hawaiian shirt, and a kukui nut lei while smiling and giving shaka signs with both hands.
Richard Detty drives for Uber and Lyft part-time in addition to his business as an Amazon seller.

Richard Detty

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

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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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A former Uber distinguished engineer says all engineers should be writing code regularly — no matter their rank

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A man is pictured coding.
Former Uber distinguished engineer Joakim Recht said engineers who don't code "lose touch with the system."

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

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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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Uber and Lyft see more demand with robotaxis. Here's what their CEOs say about a driverless future.

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO David Risher
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Lyft CEO David Risher both said in their company's earnings calls this week that they envision a hybrid network of robotaxis and human drivers for the foreseeable future.

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Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash say self-driving tech is the future — and they'll need to spend big to make it happen

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One of DoorDash's Dot robots, which features a red exterior, cameras and other sensors in front of and above it, four wheels, as well as two eye-like lights in the front, sits in a conference room at a company office.
Autonomous technology, such as Dot, DoorDash's delivery robot, will take investment to roll out broadly.

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