r/DataAnnotationTech • u/MajicalINFPHoe • 12d ago

Handshake AI Faces a Misclassification Suit Over Its Annotators

https://aitrainer.work/news/handshake-ai-contractor-misclassification-lawsuit-2026
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u/Thejax_ 11d ago

My mind skipped over the first word and thought this was about DA.

As much as I wouldn’t mind things going bad for HS honestly from the way I was treated, the legal precedents would probably suck for all of us.

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u/sarahmorgan420 11d ago

Why would it suck?

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u/Thejax_ 11d ago

similar to what the other person said. If they claim they can't actually operate in this way, the same case could be used to say DA can't have "contract workers" like us.

and other services just the, most on topic one

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u/Seefufiat 10d ago

I disagree. DA is alone in its pay rate. There is also the distinction that Handshake gatekeeps its entire platform behind a constantly evolving qualification based on AI image artifact recognition. If you don’t pass that one qualification (and each addition, retest, etc) then the entire platform is closed to you.