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A Y Combinator-backed AI company, Optifye.ai, is under scrutiny for allegedly exploiting factory workers through AI technology that treats them as disposable automatons. Critics highlight the lack of empathy exhibited by the company's marketing and their focus on reducing stress for wealthy company owners at the expense of their workers' wellbeing.

  • Optifye.ai uses AI to monitor factory workers.
  • Y Combinator is the company's backer.
  • The marketing strategy has been criticized.
  • The founders are recent CS grads from Duke.
  • There is a call for feedback on their tech.