# Shift将免费提供家政服务，以此培训未来的机器人 - 来源：Hacker News 热门（buzzing.cc 中文翻译） - 作者：evilsimon - 发布时间：2026-05-30 12:13 - AIHOT 分数：48 - AIHOT 链接：https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmprv5huo04gisllj555pxura - 原文链接：https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/939765/ai-training-data-startup-shift-free-cleaning ## AI 摘要 AI训练数据初创公司Shift宣布将免费提供家政清洁服务，以此收集真实家庭环境中的操作数据，用于训练未来的家政服务机器人。Shift通过让人类执行清洁任务并记录动作数据，为机器人学习复杂家庭任务提供高质量训练素材。 ## 正文 AI News Tech This AI startup will clean your home for free to train future robots Shift says a ‘magic hat’ will record its cleaners working inside your home. Shift says a ‘magic hat’ will record its cleaners working inside your home. AI training startup Shift wants to clean your home for free. The catch — because, despite what its website says, there’s always a catch — is that it will record cleaners as they scrub, vacuum, dust, tidy, and wash, and use that footage to train robots. Shift announced the unusual offer on social media on Thursday, explaining that the value of the training data generated from the cleanings is more than enough to fund the service. As its website puts it: “You get a spotless apartment. We get training data. Everyone wins.” A promotional video shows a cleaner in a crisp white uniform and awkward-looking hat (more on that later) washing windows, mopping and vacuuming floors, scrubbing dishes, and wiping down counters. According to Shift’s co-CEO and co-founder Bercan Kilic, this “magic hat” is what records the work. Peak fashion it is not, but it does contain a camera that captures footage from the cleaner’s point of view. Footage from inside your home is, of course, what you’re paying for the cleaning service with. On its website, Shift says customers’ “privacy is fully protected,” with sensitive details like names, faces, or personal information from screens and ID cards blurred and anonymized before being used for AI training. Shift says its cleaners are also vetted by its partners, though stresses they are not Shift employees. “Every home cleaned today lays the groundwork for a home that cleans itself tomorrow,” the company says in the video. As it happens, the dirtier the better. An FAQ on the company’s website says “more challenging cleaning environments can be especially useful.” There are limits, however, and cleaners “may decline any specific task they are not comfortable performing.” The service is initially only available in New York, but Kilic says it will be available “very soon” in San Francisco, London, Zurich, and Munich. The free cleanings are only available for a “limited time,” but the model fits within a growing market for recordings of human tasks that can be used to train AI systems and robots. Shift says it already pays tens of thousands of people across 15 countries to record their activities through its app. Cleaning may only be the start. Shift’s video says it eventually plans to move into other areas like plumbing, cooking, and building. Robert Hart AI News Robot Tech