Handshake AI offers up to $30,000 for professional documents

Handshake AI is recruiting Professional Document Contributors to provide high-quality written documents for artificial intelligence training. The firm is offering up to $30,000 in total compensation, paying accepted candidates $6 per page for up to 50 documents, with each document containing a maximum of 100 pages.

To qualify, applicants must have professional experience in sectors such as finance, legal, consulting, software engineering, or data science. The company specifies that contributors must own the rights to the documents and be authorized to share them. The program is not a traditional full-time role; instead, qualified individuals will be invited to participate in specific projects as they become available.

The initiative has raised questions regarding data privacy and legal compliance. Experts note that while the documents must be owned by the contributor, it remains unclear how the data will be used for training or how much private professional material should be shared with AI developers. The firm has stated that slide decks and presentations are generally ineligible, focusing instead on text-based formats like PDFs and Word documents.