BiasMedium
Tech Companies Reportedly Influenced Gig Workers' Behaviors Using Algorithms to Vary Pay for Same Amount of Work
- Occurred
- May 8, 2014
- Published
- Jan 19, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Amazon and Uber were alleged in a multiyear ethnographic study using algorithmic systems based on gig workers' data to vary pay, such as by offering them lower wages for the same amount of work.
Developers
- Uber
- Amazon
Deployers
- Uber
- Amazon
Harmed parties
- Uber drivers
- gig workers
- Amazon delivery workers
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Algorithmic pay variation based on worker data suggests discriminatory outcomes and unfair treatment.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8