DoorDash is now letting its drivers train AI on the side

DoorDash delivery drivers can now add another side gig to their rotation: training AI-powered robots

DoorDash delivery drivers can now add another side gig to their rotation: training AI-powered robots.

The food delivery giant launched a standalone app for couriers, called Tasks, that allows the company’s 8 million U.S. gig workers to earn money by recording themselves doing various tasks. The data will then be used to help AI and robotics models better “understand the physical world,” according to the company’s announcement Thursday.

Tasks available on the new app include everyday chores like folding clothes, handwashing dishes and making a bed, with each gig offering a payment sum based on effort and complexity. Harder tasks, like pruning and repotting plants, offer more money.

Couriers can also get paid for recording speaking content in other languages. One listing on the app prompts Spanish speakers to have a “natural, unscripted conversation with your friends or family on everyday topics.”

“We think this will be huge for building the frontier of physical intelligence,” DoorDash cofounder and chief technology officer Andy Fang wrote in a social media post about the launch. “Look forward to seeing where this goes!”