Jake Stein

Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...

1/ Another study about algorithmic wage-setting!! This one from Oxford and @workerinfox.bsky.social, analyzing 1.5 million Uber trips in the UK, shows how dynamic pricing has made the experience of driving for Uber much worse.
arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278

I’ve been following this project for a while and am excited it’s finally out - a stark contrast from the opacity of the AI industry and demonstrates why it’s important to publish research openly, with methodological rigor and real insight into how training datasets are built

New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay New Research Exposes Deepening Exploitation of Uber Drivers by Algorithmic Pay

New - Oxford University research in partnership with @Workerinfox exposes deepening exploitation of Uber drivers by algorithmic pay
www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/new-res...

So pleased to finally release this project with @rdbinns.bsky.social and @workerinfox.bsky.social. There was (and continues to be) so much hard work put in by the WIE team to help workers access their data.

UK Uber drivers’ earnings cut after secretive algorithm changes Introduction of ‘dynamic pricing’ also coincided with company raising trip prices, researchers finds

@theguardian.com has shared research led by Assoc Prof Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social & DPhil student Jake Stein @jmlstein.bsky.social that shows many Uber drivers are earning less since a dynamic pricing algorithm introduced in 2023.‪ @workerinfox.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...