Contributor

Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Gayathri Vaidyanathan was the Labor x Tech editor at Rest of World. Gayathri’s work has appeared in Nature, Discover Magazine, and The Washington Post, among other publications. She has won multiple international awards for feature writing and journalism fellowships.

A group of people gathers on a riverbank under a partly cloudy sky, with one man transporting bundles of grass on a cart, while others are engaged in various activities. The scene includes men, women, and children, with some wearing traditional clothing and sitting on the sandy ground, surrounded by greenery and the flowing river.

Labor 14 October 2025

AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes

Using Google’s Flood Hub, a nonprofit pilot sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.

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Labor 3 June 2025

VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech

A funding surge has given rise to technologies to track, analyze and manage workers — often in countries with little regulation.

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Labor 21 April 2025

How Big Tech hides its outsourced African workforce

New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly.