{
  "id": 14624134,
  "title": "\"The Damned of the Data\": Southern Workers, Made Invisible but Indispensable to AI Development",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/les-damnes-de-la-donnee-les-travailleurs-du-sud-invisibilises-et",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T05:58:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde Economie",
    "slug": "le-monde-economie",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/vie-au-travail/article/2026/10/15/les-damnes-de-la-donnee-les-travailleurs-du-sud-invisibilises-et-pourtant-indispensables-au-developpement-de-l-ia_6794181_6768900.html"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Through an investigation conducted with data annotators in Madagascar, sociologist Clément Le Ludec highlights the crucial role of the work of this precarious and invisible workforce, which is essential for the proper functioning of artificial intelligence systems.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}