“The gig economy is facing a reckoning,” argues Business Insider’s BI Today newsletter.”
Two stories this past week caught my eye. Uber unveiled a new way for its drivers to earn money. No, not by giving rides, but by helping train the ride-sharing company’s AI models instead. On the same day, Waymo announced a partnership with DoorDash to test driverless grocery and meal deliveries.
Both moves point toward the same future: one where the very workers who built the gig…

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