AI disrupts Kenya’s essay-writing industry, leaving 40,000 workers searching for new jobs
- Kenya’s essay-writing industry once employed thousands of young graduates serving students overseas through online gigs.
- The sector shrank sharply after ChatGPT let students generate assignments themselves within minutes, cutting demand for writers.
- At its peak, researchers estimated around 40,000 people in Nairobi were earning from writing academic assignments.
- Former writers are now moving into AI editing, data annotation and training jobs, often for much lower pay.
Source: moneycontrol.com
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