Jia Yahui, a 29-year-old employee labels vehicles on an image on a computer screen, which would serve for developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology, at the Qian Ji Data Co in Jia county, Henan province, China March 20, 2019. Picture taken March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Irene Wang NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.
PINGDINGSHAN, China: In a village in central China's Henan province, amid barking dogs and wandering chickens, villagers gather along a dirt road to trade images of their faces for kettles, pots and tea cups.
At the front of the line, a woman stands in front of a camera zip-tied to a tripod. She holds a photograph of her head with the eyes and the nose cut out in front of her face and slowly rotates side to side.
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