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14.10.26 - 19:30
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′Someone else will do it for less′: refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay (The Guardian)
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Refugee gig workers for tech companies don't know how much they'll be paid – if AI hasn't already taken their jobs
In a portable building in Kakuma, a refugee camp near Kenya's northern border with South Sudan, Grace used ChatGPT to research translations of Christian hymns in languages she doesn't speak. She didn't know the client, the purpose of her work or whether she would be paid, but as a refugee unable to legally work in Kenya, she needed any opportunity she could get.Grace, who requested anonymity due to a nondisclosure agreement, prompted ChatGPT to translate the hymn's English text into the assigned east Asian language. She then used the translation to search for existing versions and find information about its translator, author and Christian denomination. She fed those details to AOP Connect, a crowdsourced research platform owned by British AI enterprise software company RWS. Continue reading......
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08.10.26 - 11:03
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Ebola Patient Dies As Disease Spreads To Kenya (ZeroHedge)
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Ebola Patient Dies As Disease Spreads To Kenya
A Kenyan man who had lived in Congo for seven years tested positive for Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus, Kenyan authorities said on Oct. 6. He traveled by vehicle to Kampala, Uganda, flew into Nairobi on Saturday, was isolated at a city hospital on arrival, and died Monday, the first Ebola death in Kenya's history.
Kenyan Secretary of Health Aden Duale briefs reporters on an Ebola case identified in Kenya, after the patient died, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 6, 2026. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty ImagesTwenty-eight people, including relatives and healthcare workers, had contact with him before his death, Health Minister Aden Duale said, and another 27 flew on the same plane. Contacts will be isolated for 21 days, the length of Ebola's incubation window.
As the Epoch Times notes further, Kenyan officials said they already had heightened screening in place for incoming flights from Congo and asked travelers to be truthful when answering questions ...
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