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Uber Lets Drivers Earn From AI Training Tasks Inside Its Driver App

September 23, 2026 at 12:21 EDT

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Uber is turning part of its ride-hailing workforce into an on-demand AI data network, letting some U.S. drivers and couriers opt in to short digital tasks when they are not accepting trips. The program, described as “digital tasks,” routes work such as recording voice clips, uploading photos and submitting documents through the Uber Driver app to help train AI models.

Oct. 20, 2025 · Uber

Drivers become an AI data workforce

Uber is testing short paid digital tasks inside the Driver app, turning idle time into human-reviewed data for AI model training.

Example task economics

$0.502-3 minute task

$11-3 minute task

The displayed pay examples came from launch-event screenshots and were not described as representative of live task pricing.

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How the loop works

Idle time

Drivers see tasks only when not actively accepting trips.

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Human input

Voice, photo, document or labeling work is completed in minutes.

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AI data

The output supports model training and evaluation for customers.

Why drivers may try it

Short tasks can create optional earnings during charging, waiting or off-trip downtime.

Why some hesitate

Task volume depends on client demand, and some workers worry about training systems that could reduce future labor demand.

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