The gig jobs AI ate

Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students, but AI has dried up that work – a warning for online gig workers across the world. — Ed Ram/The New York Times

TERESIOS Bundi once symbolised the strange, life-changing opportunities the internet provided.

Hailing from a farming village in Kenya, Bundi moved to Nairobi in 2011 to be the first in his family to attend university. There, a friend suggested he try a new online job: writing essays for cheating overseas college students.