"Artificial intelligence was supposed to replace humans. Instead, it's making them more valuable than ever. Workers can earn up to $100 an hour as meme specialists training xAI's chatbot Grok to decode internet culture or make similar rates teaching it everything from Japanese to finance. xAI, Anthropic, Google, and other AI giants are hungrier than ever for these human AI trainers, who are typically gig workers that do things like rewrite chatbot responses."
"Startups connecting these humans to AI labs are raising at soaring valuations and even minting some of America's youngest billionaires. Surge AI CEO Edwin Chen, 37, is worth $18 billion, while Scale AI's cofounders Alexandr Wang, 28, and Lucy Guo, 30, are worth $3.2 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, according to Forbes. The three co-founders of Mercor, which is reportedly raising funds at an over $10 billion valuation, are all 22."
"Ali Ansari, CEO of "human data" startup Micro1 - which announced it raised at a $500 million valuation earlier this month - predicts demand will grow 10 to 20 times in the coming years as fields like robotics boom. Ansari isn't worried about these AI trainers automating themselves out of work anytime soon: human laws and expertise, he says, are always evolving."
Human AI trainers have become highly valuable as companies pay top rates—sometimes up to $100 an hour—for workers who label, rewrite, or teach chatbots internet culture, languages, and domain knowledge. Major AI firms like xAI, Anthropic, and Google are intensifying demand for these typically gig-based roles. Startups that connect trainers with AI labs are raising massive funding rounds and achieving very high valuations, producing several young billionaires. Companies such as Surge AI, Scale AI, Mercor, and Micro1 exemplify the trend. Industry leaders predict demand could rise 10 to 20 times as robotics and other fields expand, while human legal and domain expertise continue to evolve.
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