Digital Identity, Privacy, and Surveillance - Culture Shift Simulator 03

OVERVIEW

We invite you to share a real-world conversation or audio recording, talking about how digital identity, privacy, and surveillance technologies are impacting life where you live. 

Your conversation between 2 participants will help build a live, global map of public perceptions around data, trust, control, and freedom in the digital age. 

Your human-generated, personal spoken insights will help to shape next-generation AI models and innovation strategies globally. Accepted submissions will earn a financial award, and help to shape the future of innovation in AI. Accepted participants will also receive a digital certificate of contribution, early invites to future Culture Shift Simulators, and optional showcasing of their profile or submission (with permission) by Wazoku Crowd.

Digital Identity, Privacy, and Surveillance - Culture Shift Simulator 03 is part of Wazoku's Market Intelligence Lab™.

By taking part in and submitting to this Prize Challenge you are granting Wazoku a right to use (but not own) your submitted information.

This Challenge requires an audio file to be uploaded with additional written proposal to be submitted and there is a total award pool of US$20,000 to reward Accepted Submissions from. There is no assignment of IP Rights with this Challenge.

Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on June 2nd, 2025.

Please review the later Participation Guidance section before submitting a proposal.

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ABOUT THE SEEKER & ELIGIBILITY

Wazoku's Market Intelligence Lab™ is a next-generation, full-service market intelligence capability, blending software, collective-crowd intelligence, and synthetic intelligence to deliver live market insights, future-casting, scenario simulations, forecasting, and dynamic intelligence reports. 

It is designed to help organizations see further, faster, and deeper into the emerging forces shaping their industries and opportunities, by combining the best of human creativity, global perspective, and machine precision. 

THE CHALLENGE

Background

Wazoku's Market Intelligence Lab aims to unlock the knowledge locked in human expertise, problem-solving, and decision-making from our global crowd of experts.

Challenges from the Market Intelligence Lab are designed to gather structured, expert-validated datasets that can be used to train, refine, and improve AI models across industries.

Solvers participating in MI Lab Challenges can earn, learn, and drive the future of AI with their insights.

The Challenge

Submit an audio clip of between 30 minutes and 1 hour of a conversation between 2 participants, in any single language. We need you to discuss a real-world scenario  that describes how digital identity, privacy, and surveillance is impacting daily life where you live, work, or study.

Around the world, people are encountering new realities: biometric passports, AI-powered surveillance, facial recognition in public spaces, mandatory ID verification online, and debates over data ownership. 

But not everyone experiences these shifts the same way. How are digital identity, privacy, and surveillance affecting daily life in your country right now? 

We want to hear your voice, including authentic observations, human-generated (no AI voices please!), based on:

• Personal experience
• Community stories
• World of work
• Internet safety and security
• Local media coverage
• Social conversations and feedback

For each submission, we'd like you to tag your real-world scenario. Pick one of the following per submission:

1. Biometric Identity Systems - for example: fingerprints, facial recognition for ID.
2. Government Surveillance - for example: CCTV tracking, online monitoring, AI surveillance.
3. Corporate Data Practices - for example: retail, banking, health data, in both collection and use.
4. Social Media Identity Verification - for example: real-name requirements, account tracking, digital footprint.
5. Privacy Protection Movements - for example: protests, responses to regulations like GDPR.

As a reminder, we are looking for:

• An audio clip (30 minutes to 1 hour) of you talking with another person. It must be a conversation!
• A real-world scenario (not fictional)
• Focused on how digital identity, privacy, and surveillance is impacting daily life in your country, region, or community
• Related to biometrics, surveillance, corporate data, social media identity, privacy protection
• Clearly-spoken in your primary language and culturally-specific to your context

FAQs

Can I have the conversation in my native language?
Yes! You can submit your conversation recording between 2 participants in your preferred or native language. We will detect and process the language automatically.

What file types are accepted for the audio clip?
This must be in .zip format, or use the embed content button to link across a YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud, or Loom link instead!

Who can participate?
All registered members of the Wazoku Crowd are eligible to participate. If you know someone who would be a great fit but isn't yet signed up, send them the Challenge!

How will my submission be evaluated?
Submissions will be evaluated based on realism, clarity, cultural specificity, and proper tagging. Submissions must first meet minimum criteria of quality or relevance, and then a further evaluation will be made to determine acceptance of submissions.

What is an 'Accepted Submission'?
An accepted submission is one that:

• Meets all the Challenge requirements
• Passes Wazoku's internal quality review
• Is selected and approved for final client delivery

Only accepted submissions are eligible for a financial reward.

What is the financial reward for this Challenge? Why should I take part?
Accepted submissions will receive a financial reward. In Culture Shift Simulator 03 Digital Identity, Privacy, and Surveillance, there is a pool of US$20,000 to be used for rewarding accepted submission submitters. The reward amount will be confirmed and communicated to all participants with accepted submissions, following review.

What happens to my submission after it is accepted?
Your submission, if accepted:

• Will be anonymized (unless you opt-in to public recognition)
• Will be included in research datasets used by Wazoku and clients (such as leading AI labs)
• May become part of global reports or training materials helping to build smarter, safer AI models

Your insights will help the Wazoku Market Intelligence Lab™ to build the future of artificial intelligence.

Will my name be shared publicly?
By default, no - all submissions will be anonymized. If your submission is chosen for special recognition, for example a Top 10 highlights, we will ask your permission before displaying your name or profile.
 

SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS

Wazoku is only interested in submissions with the ability to meet the following requirements:

1. 30 minute to 1 hour audio recording of a conversation between 2 participants
2. Real-world observation about the impacts of digital identity, privacy, and surveillance in daily life
3. Specific to one of the tagged themes/focus areas for scenarios: Biometrics, Surveillance, Corporate Data Practices, Social Media Identity, Privacy Protection Movements
4. Between 200 - 300 words
5. Proper tagging: language, country, region, sentiment

YOUR SUBMISSION

Please login and register your interest, to complete the submission form.

The submitted proposals can be spoken in any language, and must include:

1. Attachments - upload a 30 minute to 1hr-length audio file upload a 30 minute to 1hr-length audio file (.zip attachment, or a link to YouTube/Vimeo/SoundCloud or other web-hosting of your recording) of your own scenario discussion
2. Title - a short, descriptive title of your scenario
3. Theme/Focus Area - Biometrics, Surveillance, Corporate Data Practices, Social Media Identity, Privacy Protection Movements
4. Scenario - 200-300 word description of the scenario. Your human perspective matters: use of AI is not permitted, and will be removed if detected or suspected.
5. Language - please give the name in English of the language that your conversation is conducted in.
6. Country - tell us the country that your submission describes or is located in.
7. City/Region - if applicable, use the free text to detail the specific city or region that your scenario describes or is located in.
8. Sentiment Label - choose between positive, mixed, or negative sentiment.
9. Emotional Response - building on the sentiment regarding your AI scenario, please indicate how the scenario describes makes you feel. Choose and type one descriptive, emotional word.
10. Unique work and consent confirmation - confirm that your submission is based on real experience or observation and is your own original work, and that your submission may be anonymized and ethically used for research, AI model training, and client reporting.

PARTICIPATION GUIDANCE

1. Submission Close Date: Submissions to this Challenge must be received by 11:59 PM (US Eastern Time) on June 2nd, 2025.
2. Late submissions: Late submissions will not be considered.
3. Multiple submissions: In Culture Shift Simulator Challenges, you can submit multiple times, as long as each submission meets the brief independently. Each submission will be evaluated separately for acceptance and reward eligibility.
4. Submission evaluation: Your submission will be evaluated first for quality review by the team - meaning it meets minimum standards of quality, relevance, and originality. Then, decisions will be made on acceptance of your submission, based on internal or external review of its applicability to the prompt and requirements.
5. Evaluation notification steps: After the Challenge submission close date, Wazoku will complete the internal review process and inform you about the status of your submission. Then, you will receive an email notification within 8 weeks after the Challenge closes, informing you if your submission was accepted. All Solvers who submit a proposal will be notified about the status of their submissions.
6. Use of AI: Please note that any submissions that use generative AI are not of interest.
7. Learn more: Find out more about participation in Wazoku Crowd Challenges.