Key Facts

• MicroAGI is a German tech company focused on advancing AI for physical tasks.
• The company launched the Shift app on May 28 to connect New Yorkers with free professional cleaners who wear cameras.
• The recorded videos capture detailed cleaning actions to help train AI-driven household robots.
• The app anonymizes personal information by blurring faces, names, and sensitive details before storing data.
• Customers must provide contact and access information and may be charged for late cancellations or missed appointments.
• The company’s privacy policy states it uses machine learning to automatically blur identifying details before uploading videos to the cloud.
• It is unclear if people can request deletion of their home cleaning videos from the training data.
• The free cleaning offer is for a limited time and also helps promote signing up people to record other household or work tasks and get paid for it.
• According to the company, more than 10,000 contributors have earned over $5 million by recording videos to train robots.