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summary: "Cunyan Ma, a Brown University student, has created an interactive tool that maps the hidden global labor network extracting low-wage work from data workers in the Global South to support everyday AI algorithms."
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# Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI

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**Published:** 2026-10-26T12:58:27.000Z
**Category:** Research

## Summary

Cunyan Ma, a Brown University student, has created an interactive tool that maps the hidden global labor network extracting low\-wage work from data workers in the Global South to support everyday AI algorithms\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-26/ai-data-workers>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843>)