A German startup, MicroAGI, is offering New York City residents free home cleaning services in exchange for recording first-person footage to train household robots. The initiative, launched on May 28 through its newly released Shift app, involves sending professional cleaners wearing cameras to record their work. According to the Shift app's website, the data collected will be used to train AI-driven robots, with the service described as a way to 'connect New Yorkers with free, trusted professional house cleaners' in exchange for 'first-person cleaning footage to help train the next generation of household robots.' The app allows users to book a two-hour cleaning session by providing contact and home details, with the process involving anonymization of personal data before it is used for training. The company claims that names, faces, and other personal information are automatically anonymized, with sensitive details blurred before any data is uploaded to its cloud servers. However, the app does not mention whether individuals can request the removal of their home cleaning videos from the training datasets. The Shift app's privacy policy states that 'advanced machine learning models' are used on smart glasses or video capture devices to perform irreversible transformations like automated face blurring and identifier obfuscation. *Source: [arstechnica](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/robot-training-startup-will-send-humans-wearing-cameras-to-clean-your-home/)*