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Startup pays $800/day to bully AI chatbots

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 20, 2026
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The only prerequisite for the job is an “extensive personal history of being let down by technology.” California startup Memvid is offering $100 an hour — $800 for an eight-hour day — to test AI chatbot patience and memory, the Guardian reports. The job title: “AI bully.” No CS degree required.

Candidates will spend th…

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