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Uber Ends Contracts Early, Gig Workers Face Pay Delays

11/27/2025

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Uber terminated contracts for about a dozen gig workers involved in Project Sandbox, an AI training initiative for Google, two months early due to a shift in client priorities.
The workers performed data annotation and evaluated AI-generated content, earning $55 to $110 per hour.
Affected workers await return instructions for equipment and are experiencing delays in their first paychecks, potentially taking up to seven weeks.

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Story summary

Uber terminated contracts for about a dozen gig workers involved in Project Sandbox, an AI training initiative for Google, two months early due to a shift in client priorities.
The workers performed data annotation and evaluated AI-generated content, earning $55 to $110 per hour.
Affected workers await return instructions for equipment and are experiencing delays in their first paychecks, potentially taking up to seven weeks.