New Delhi, May 29 -- With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), companies are increasingly using humans to gather real-world data for training AI models - often requiring nothing more than a head strap and a smartphone.

A US-based AI startup is now offering free home cleaning services in New York City, but with one condition: cleaners wear head-mounted cameras that record first-person footage while carrying out household tasks.

Shift, the AI training startup behind the initiative, stated on its website that customers' privacy will not be compromised and that any "sensitive information will be blurred" in the recorded footage.

The company said the videos collected during the cleaning sessions would be used to train humano...