AI and Intelligent Systems: Engineering, Medicine & Society(AIISEMS)

Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Wroclaw, Poland

Publications

• Review Article   
  The Future of Freelance: AI-Powered Business Models in the Creative Platform Economy
  Author(s): Weronika Szlachcic, Agata Pogrzeba and Iwona Czerska*
  
  The platform economy has profoundly reshaped creative work, moving from transactional gig-based systems toward community-oriented and AI-enhanced infrastructures. Early freelance platforms such as Fiverr and Upwork prioritised scale and liquidity but often undermined creative autonomy, commodified labour, and discouraged long-term professional sustainability. A new generation of AI-driven, community-based platforms exemplified by Contra and Cosmos has emerged, integrating artificial intelligence to optimise workflows and foster user empowerment, differentiated value creation, and trust-based governance. This paper investigates how AI-enabled capabilities are embedded within the business models of emerging creative e-business platforms and how they reshape freelance work. The research applies a qualitative, comparative case study design, focusing on Contra and Cosmos, with Fiverr and U.. Read More»
  

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