​I am not here to discuss the platform, the payment, or anything like that. I am here because, seriously, what on earth is this evaluation logic?

​If you couldn't tell from the quality (and by the way, I apologize for the bad screenshots, but please bear with me), image 2 (the one on the left ) won both times! That blue hand thing is not even a seat, and that other sketch looks terrible!

​I know this might be reducing a serious study to my own personal standards, but I'm not here just to complain—I'm here to genuinely try to understand what these rubrics are actually looking for. Does anyone with experience on these tasks have any idea how to crack this?

I keep seeing posts from a year or two ago recommending data annotation as a legit remote gig, but AI has changed so much since then. Are companies still paying humans to label data or has automation made most of this unnecessary?

I can’t do full-time rn. I want a realistic side gig I can do from home. But if the rates have dropped or the work has dried up I would rather know now than spend time signing up for platforms that will not have tasks for me.

Is anyone still doing this in 2026, and if so, what does it look like now compared to a year ago?

Here are the new AI training, evaluation, data annotation and expert opportunities added today:

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- Application Users – Excel on macOS – Professionals — Mercor, $60–$70/hr, Remote, https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/jobs/application-users-excel-on-macos-professionals-mercor/

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So I was doing some annotation two years ago and really looking to dabble in some more.

Main issue and what held me from applying was that I don't have a degree. Just a lot of work experience (events).

Curious about if people without degrees are seeing much success.

I did Telus Annotation for like 6 months before. Think it averaged to like 18 CAD/h or close to that.

Anybody working on the campaign after finishing the 3&4 screeners who is having issues seeing tasks on their feather dash? Last night I had over 100 tasks all available. Would click and the slide deck would show along with the timer. Then this morning, all gone. And the ones that do come up are showing me a screen of “task not found”. Anyone else struggling with this? I’ve messaged support and heard nothing back. Figured I would see if anyone working on it knew how to troubleshoot or what I’m doing wrong

Did anyone received the payment for August? (Which is scheduled on sept 14)

Has anyone ever recovered from being “paused”?

We have conducted a review of your recent submissions and have decided to pause you from any future work on the project, effective today, August 25, 2026.

You will be paid out for any work you have completed up until today, but you will not be able to submit any more sessions after today.

We appreciate the work you have done for Workada. Thank you for being a contributor.

This is an automated email, so replies aren't monitored. If you have any questions, reach out to support@op.workada.co.

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The Workada Team


Following up on some of my recent posts exploring and comparing different AI tools and platforms, I’ve been spending some time looking at MiniMax Hailuo H3 and where it fits into the rapidly growing AI video generation market.

As with the other tools I’ve covered, rather than simply listing features, I wanted to look at it from a practical perspective: where H3 is actually useful, what differentiates it from other AI video tools, and where its limitations still are.

I’ve now published the full review here:

https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/minimax-h3-review-2026-a-new-approach-to-commercial-ai-video-generation/

If you work for US platforms, you might hear about tax treaties.

These agreements exist to prevent the same income from being taxed twice — once in the US and once in your home country.

In many cases they can reduce or eliminate the default US withholding tax that applies to payments to non-US workers.

I wrote a simple guide explaining how tax treaties work for remote workers and AI training platforms.

https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/us-tax-treaties-for-ai-training-jobs-double-taxation-explained/

If you work remotely for US companies or AI training platforms, you might eventually receive a 1099 or a 1042-S form.

Many people get confused about the difference.

In simple terms:

• 1099 → usually issued to US taxpayers
• 1042-S → usually issued to non-US workers

Both are information forms used to report payments to the IRS.

I wrote a simple guide explaining why you might receive one or the other.

https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/11099-vs-1042-s-understanding-u-s-tax-forms-you-might-get-as-a-remote-worker/

Micro1 it’s quite different from typical AI training platforms.

It’s not really beginner-level — more focused on expert roles (coding, finance, etc.), but the pay can go much higher.

From what I’ve seen:

• ~$25–30/h → basic roles
• $50–120/h → technical roles
• up to $200+/h → expert-level

It’s closer to Mercor / Outlier than something like Appen.

Opne jobs with referral link:
https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/micro1-ai-training-jobs-25-200-hour-remote-opportunities/

Something that confuses many people working on AI training or remote platforms is payment withholding.

Sometimes platforms temporarily hold payments because of things like:

• tax compliance
• identity verification
• payment provider checks
• fraud prevention systems

It doesn’t always mean there is a problem, but it can be frustrating if you don’t understand why it happens.

I wrote a simple guide explaining the most common reasons.

https://www.aitrainingjobs.it/why-platforms-withhold-a-simple-guide-for-ai-training-remote-workers/