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6. Socioeconomic and Environmental1 - Pre-deployment

Exploitation in AI development

Outsourcing tasks like data labeling to low-income countries can perpetuate inequality.

Source: MIT AI Risk Repositorymit1068

ENTITY

1 - Human

INTENT

3 - Other

TIMING

1 - Pre-deployment

Risk ID

mit1068

Domain lineage

6. Socioeconomic and Environmental

262 mapped risks

6.2 > Increased inequality and decline in employment quality

Mitigation strategy

1. Mandate and independently audit adherence to ethical labor standards and fair wages for all outsourced data workers in the AI supply chain to directly mitigate exploitation and align with federal labor standards. 2. Institute clear, non-retaliatory reporting and input mechanisms, enabling data workers to raise concerns about working conditions and AI systems, thereby centering worker empowerment and organizational transparency. 3. Conduct regular, third-party impact assessments and supply-chain audits to continuously monitor for, and rectify, risks associated with workers' safety, job quality, and the perpetuation of global socioeconomic inequality.