AI Analyst & Photographer (English US) | Contractor | Remote | Up to 16 Weeks
Turing is looking for detail-oriented, English-speaking photographers and data annotators to help build evaluation materials for cutting-edge multimodal AI systems. You'll source, modify, and document real-world images that challenge AI agents to conduct multi-step web research — a critical part of advancing frontier AI capabilities.
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 helps customers accelerate research with high-quality data, advanced training pipelines, and top AI specialists across coding, reasoning, STEM, multilinguality, multimodality, and agents.
Role Overview
You will source authentic, licensed photographs of real-world places, products, and media, then create cropped, occluded, or degraded versions that require AI agents to use tools like Google Search, Google Lens, or reverse image search to identify the subject. Each submission includes a prompt, grading rubric, and detailed solution notes.
Key Responsibilities
- Source high-quality, verifiably licensed photographs of real-world subjects relevant to the assigned locale.
- Verify and document each image's copyright status, license type, and provenance.
- Conduct multi-step investigative research using Google Search, Google Lens, and reverse image search.
- Create cropped, masked, or degraded image versions that conceal identifying details while preserving realistic visual clues.
- Write clear, time-bound prompts in English without revealing the target identity.
- Develop concise, objective, one-sentence grading criteria for each evaluation instance.
- Prepare solution notes documenting ground-truth identity, research process, supporting evidence, and expected outcomes.
Key Qualifications
- Language: Native or highly fluent English speaker; all deliverables must be written in English.
- Local cultural knowledge: Strong familiarity with regionally significant landmarks, universities, municipal buildings, and domestic media — beyond typical tourist destinations.
- Research skills: Comfortable with iterative, multi-step research using Google Search, Google Lens, and reverse image search.
- Image sourcing & copyright literacy: Able to source and verify imagery from Wikimedia Commons, Smithsonian Open Access, Creative Commons, public-domain collections, or original photography.
- Basic image editing: Able to crop, mask, or annotate 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
- Commitment: Minimum 4 hours/day, 20 hours/week, with 4 hours of Pacific Time overlap required.
- Type: Contractor
- Duration: Up to 16 weeks
Evaluation Process
Shortlisted candidates will receive a Job Interest Form. Final candidates will be contacted with onboarding steps, including consent forms and non-disclosure agreements. App-integration permissions are required for this project.
