Your Free Clean Comes With a Camera: Meet Shift, the Startup Training Robot Agents on Real Homes (opens in new tab)

A novel — and controversial — startup called Shift is offering New Yorkers a deal that seems too good to be true: free professional home cleaning. The catch, as reported by The Verge, is that every mop stroke, every wiped counter, and every vacuumed carpet is being recorded to train future robot agents. "Every home cleaned today lays the groundwork for a home that cleans itself tomorrow," the company states in its promotional video. It's a pitch that blends the promise of embodied AI with the...