Handshake Recruits Actors To Train AI Voices

Handshake, a training-data vendor that supplies labs including OpenAI, posted a job seeking actors, improvisers and performers to take part in paid, unscripted video improv sessions intended to teach large language models emotional nuance and conversational tone. The listing promises flexible, part-time work at an average $74 per hour but omits specific downstream uses; performers and online communities expressed concern about automation of creative roles.