Amazon employees might be watching Cloud Cam footage

guest · Oct 11, 2019

Amazon employees might be watching Cloud Cam footage
October 11, 2019
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquire...employees-might-be-watching-cloud-cam-footage

Now a new report from Bloomberg suggests that Amazon Cloud Cam is equally iffy, with humans watching clips in India and Romania to help the AI be less dumb, and ensuring cameras can tell the difference between cats and cat burglars.

The report cites five people who have "worked on the program or have direct knowledge of it," and while Amazon admits that human intervention is required to improve the cameras, there's a dispute over where the footage comes from.
Amazon says it's sourced from employees' tester cameras and people who have specifically sent in footage for troubleshooting purposes. That sounds reasonable, except that two of the sources said that they'd seen sex clips come through.

In India, the footage is apparently watched on a restricted floor where the use of mobile phones is prohibited. But one source said clips still get passed on to non-team members, ickily enough.
There isn't much on the site about how footage sent in for troubleshooting is used, though the terms and conditions mention that Amazon has the right to process images, audio and video taken to improve things.
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