AI Analyst & Photographer (Arabic) | Contractor | Remote | Up to 16 Weeks
Turing is seeking native or highly fluent Arabic-speaking photographers and data annotators to help build evaluation materials for frontier AI systems. You'll source, manipulate, and document real-world images to challenge multimodal AI agents in multi-step visual research tasks. This is a detail-oriented, research-heavy role ideal for candidates with strong cultural knowledge of Arabic-speaking regions and a passion for AI development.
About Turing
Based in San Francisco, Turing is the world's leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for global enterprises deploying advanced AI. Turing specializes in high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, and expert AI researchers across coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents.
Role Overview
Annotators will source authentic, verifiably licensed photographs of real-world places, products, and media, then create cropped, occluded, or degraded versions that require AI agents to conduct multi-step web research to identify the subject. Each submission includes a prompt, grading rubric, and detailed solution notes.
Key Responsibilities
- Source authentic, high-quality photographs of real-world places, products, and media relevant to Arabic-speaking locales.
- Verify copyright status and document license type and image provenance for each asset.
- Conduct multi-step research using Google Search, Google Lens, and reverse image search to verify image subjects.
- Create cropped, masked, or degraded image versions that conceal key identifiers while preserving realistic visual clues.
- Write clear, time-bound prompts in English without revealing the target identity.
- Develop concise, objective, one-sentence grading rubrics for each evaluation instance.
- Prepare solution notes documenting the ground-truth identity, research process, supporting evidence, and expected outcome.
Key Qualifications
- Language: Native or highly fluent Arabic; strong working proficiency in English required for all deliverables.
- Cultural Knowledge: Deep familiarity with regionally significant, non-touristy landmarks, universities, municipal buildings, and local film/media — this is a critical requirement.
- Research Skills: Experienced with iterative, multi-step investigative research using Google Search, Google Lens, and reverse image search.
- Image Sourcing & Copyright Literacy: Able to source and verify imagery from Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons, Smithsonian Open Access, public-domain collections, or original photography.
- Basic Image Editing: Able to crop, mask, or obscure images while preserving realistic secondary visual clues.
- Attention to Detail: Skilled at writing precise rubric criteria and appropriately scoped prompts.
- Tool Proficiency: Comfortable with Google Drive, file-naming conventions, and structured deliverable submissions.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in any field.
- Experience in AI evaluation, data annotation, content review, or quality assurance is preferred but not required.
Engagement Details
- Type: Contractor
- Duration: Up to 16 weeks
- Commitment: Minimum 20 hours/week (at least 4 hrs/day), with 4 hours of overlap with Pacific Time.
Evaluation Process
Shortlisted candidates will receive a Job Interest Form. Final candidates will be contacted with onboarding and consent requirements, including app-integration permissions and standard NDAs.
