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Workers are getting paid to teach AI how to do their jobs
AI companies are recruiting a wide range of temp workers, from writers to wine enthusiasts, for hourly-paid gigs to help train their language models.
What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Workers are getting paid to teach AI how to do their jobs, AI companies are recruiting a wide range of temp workers, from writers to wine enthusiasts, for hourly-paid gigs to help train their language models.
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- Workers are getting paid to teach AI how to do their jobsCBS News - 2026-05-14T15:47:00+00:00
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