GoKawiilBrown University researcher builds map of global AI data-labeling supply chains
A Brown University student named Ma has created a public map tracing links between 13 data labeling firms, 141 of their corporate clients, and worker sites in 31 countries, mostly in the Global South. The map draws on existing databases plus her own research into delivery center locations, aiming to expose the often-hidden chain of human labor—including workers reviewing disturbing content—that underlies AI training.