Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. Uber wants to challenge established players like Scale AI or Amazon’s Mechanical Turks. is transportation editor ...

Uber is offering idle drivers in the U.S. the opportunity to earn extra income by completing “digital tasks” without having to make trips or deliveries. According to the announcement on October 16, ...

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Editor's take: Uber is celebrating its green initiative by rebranding it as "Uber Electric" and offering drivers a financial incentive to buy electric vehicles. However, a severely limited program, ...

Uber's new "digital tasks" program lets drivers get paid for small jobs that help train AI models, even when they're not driving. Why it matters: As driverless robotaxis begin to fill streets in ...

WASHINGTON — Some Uber riders are warning others about a new scam, and it appears to be happening from drivers inside the app. Multiple TikTok users recently reported being contacted by their Uber ...

Uber gets it. The rideshare behemoth has observed the upward trend of EV adoption across its database of customers and drivers and is helping to support that transition. Beginning today, the “Uber ...

When Natasha and Randy Roosekrans used Uber to secure a ride from their hotel to their cruise ship in South Florida, they didn’t expect to run into any issues. Despite being first-time users of the ...

Uber has begun testing a new program that allows U.S. drivers and couriers to complete short online assignments—such as recording voice clips, submitting images, or verifying documents—to help train ...

Manchester township paid $175,000 to settle a lawsuit with a ride-share driver. The driver, William Orellana-Valladar, claimed he was falsely arrested during a "grandparent scam" investigation.

Uber is giving some drivers in the U.S. the option to earn money by completing tasks related to the company’s nascent data labeling business, an area where the ride-share giant sees an opportunity to ...

Editor's take: Human workers quietly underpin AI's apparent intelligence, performing low-paid labeling tasks that correct errors and refine outputs. As AI grows across industries, these micro-jobs are ...