Hyderabad, April 13 -- A video showing rows of factory workers wearing head-mounted cameras while carrying out routine tasks has gone viral online, triggering widespread speculation about whether the footage is being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems, and whether workers are even aware of it.

The clips, which appear to have been filmed inside a garment factory, show employees with cameras strapped to their foreheads as they work. The unusual visuals prompted significant debate on social media, with many users questioning the purpose of the headgear.

The most widely circulated theory holds that the factories are collecting egocentric - or first-person perspective - video data to train AI models and robots. 

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