Doctors and lawyers join AI's $400-an-hour training gig economy
bloomberg · reddit · 2026-10-17
Bloomberg reports that AI training jobs are drawing doctors, lawyers, and engineers, paying as much as $400 an hour. Highly skilled professionals are supplying domain-expert labeling and evaluation for frontier models, creating a new premium gig market that reflects the rising demand for expert-level training data.
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