The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home

Micro1 hires thousands of contractors across 50+ countries to film chores at home with iPhones and sell that real-world data to humanoid robotics companies. The piece cites $15/hour pay for one worker, says robotics firms spend over $100 million a year on such data, and notes $6 billion+ went into humanoids in 2025. The real issue is data governance: workers know the footage trains robots, but the post shows they often do not know how it is stored, shared, or deleted.

Why it matters: This clears HKR-H/K/R: at-home chore videos are a strong hook, and the piece adds numbers on scale, pay, and spend. The sharper industry signal is the hidden data pipeline and weak governance on storage, sharing, and deletion, so it merits featured, not p1.