Kickstart Your Career in AI While You’re Still in College

Kickstart Your Career in AI While You’re Still in College

Join Outlier’s University Program, where students and future leaders build skills, earn income, and shape the future of AI.

Join Outlier’s University Program, where students and future leaders build skills, earn income, and shape the future of AI.

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A metallic human head wearing a graduation cap, facing a metallic robot head with a smooth, rounded design and a circular eye. Both heads are shown in profile, facing each other on a white background.
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Boost Your Resume
with Real AI Projects
Boost Your Resume
with Real AI Projects

Work on applied AI challenges and showcase verified Outlier certifications in your portfolio

Work on applied AI challenges and showcase
verified Outlier certifications in your portfolio

Work Anytime,
Anywhere

Work Anytime,
Anywhere

Work Anytime, Anywhere

Earn on your schedule. Balance projects
with classes, clubs, and campus life

Earn on your schedule. Balance projects with classes, clubs, and campus life

Earn on your schedule. Balance projects
with classes, clubs, and campus life

Join a Global
Student Community
Join a Global Student Community

Collaborate with peers, professors, and
mentors shaping the future of AI

Collaborate with peers, professors, and mentors shaping the future of AI.

Collaborate with peers, professors, and
mentors shaping the future of AI

About Outlier

Outlier is a platform owned and operated by Scale AI and believes AI can only perform as well as the data it’s trained on. That’s why we work with contributors from all over the world, who help improve AI models by providing expert human feedback. This data has led to AI advancements for the world's leading AI labs and large language model builders.

We’ve built a best-in-class remote work platform for our freelance contributors to provide valuable, specialized skills, and we in turn strive to provide them with a positive experience based on our core pillars of reliability, transparency, and flexibility.

"We partnered with Scale AI to work with Enterprises to adopt Llama and train custom models with their own data. We are excited to collectively make Llama the industry standard and bring the benefits of AI to everyone."

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder and CEO,
Meta

"We partnered with Scale AI to work with Enterprises to adopt Llama and train custom models with their own data. We are excited to collectively make Llama the industry standard and bring the benefits of AI to everyone."

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder and CEO,
Meta

"We partnered with Scale AI to work with Enterprises to adopt Llama and train custom models with their own data. We are excited to collectively make Llama the industry standard and bring the benefits of AI to everyone."

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder and CEO,
Meta

What you will be doing

What you will be doing

What you will be doing

We are looking for native English speakers to contribute their expertise toward training and refining cutting-edge AI systems.
  • Adopt a “user mindset” to produce natural data to meet the realistic needs you have or would use AI for.

  • Use the tool of rubrics to address user needs in a structured way.

  • Evaluate AI outputs by reviewing and ranking reasoning and problem-solving responses from large language models.

  • Contribute across projects depending on your specific skillset and experience.

Apply Your Knowledge in Real AI Projects
Apply Your Knowledge in Real AI Projects
Apply Your Knowledge in Real AI Projects

Create Challenging Prompts
Turn what you’re learning in class into questions that push the limits of AI models, whether it’s in coding, medicine, or design.

Create Challenging Prompts
Turn what you’re learning in class into questions that push the limits of AI models, whether it’s in coding, medicine, or design.

Create Challenging Prompts
Turn what you’re learning in class into questions that push the limits of AI models, whether it’s in coding, medicine, or design.

Subject

Writing

Question

Provide a challenging prompt that will stump the AI model or cause it to "break".

Provide a challenging prompt that will stump the AI model or cause it to "break".

Showcase Your Expertise
Showcase Your Expertise
Showcase Your Expertise

Provide Benchmark Solutions
Write clear, high-quality answers that become the gold standard for evaluating AI. This builds your credibility and portfolio.

Provide Benchmark Solutions
Write clear, high-quality answers that become the gold standard for evaluating AI. This builds your credibility and portfolio.

Provide Benchmark Solutions
Write clear, high-quality answers that become the gold standard for evaluating AI. This builds your credibility and portfolio.

Question

Difficult

Answer/Solution

Provide a high-quality, thorough response that directly matches the intent of the original prompt.

Provide a high-quality, thorough response that directly matches the intent of the original prompt.

Learn by Collaborating
Learn by Collaborating
Learn by Collaborating

Participate in Peer Review
Work with fellow students and experts to refine solutions, give feedback, and level up your skills together.

Participate in Peer Review
Work with fellow students and experts to refine solutions, give feedback, and level up your skills together.

Participate in Peer Review
Work with fellow students and experts to refine solutions, give feedback, and level up your skills together.

Contributor A’s response

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What we’re looking for

  • Students and recent grads in undergrad, master’s, or professional programs.

  • Curious minds eager to apply what you’re learning in the classroom to real-world AI challenges.

  • Creative problem-solvers who can come up with smart questions, innovative solutions, and new ways to test AI systems.

  • Collaborative peers who enjoy working with classmates, professors, and industry mentors to raise the bar together.

  • Detail-oriented thinkers who can carefully review work, spot errors, and give clear, constructive feedback.

  • Strong communicators with solid English skills, ready to share ideas and explain complex topics simply.

Note: No prior AI experience required - just bring your skills, curiosity, and a willingness to learn.

What you will get from contributing

Earn While You Learn

Get paid for your work on AI projects, build skills and your bank account at the same time

Earn While You Learn

Get paid for your work on AI projects, build skills and your bank account at the same time

Earn While You Learn

Get paid for your work on AI projects, build skills and your bank account at the same time

Build Your Resume and Portfolio

Showcase real-world AI project experience, earn Outlier certifications, and stand out to recruiters and grad schools.

Build Your Resume and Portfolio

Showcase real-world AI project experience, earn Outlier certifications, and stand out to recruiters and grad schools.

Build Your Resume and Portfolio

Showcase real-world AI project experience, earn Outlier certifications, and stand out to recruiters and grad schools.

Work on Your Schedule

Balance projects with classes, clubs, and internships — contribute a few hours a week or more when you have time.

Work on Your Schedule

Balance projects with classes, clubs, and internships — contribute a few hours a week or more when you have time.

Work on Your Schedule

Balance projects with classes, clubs, and internships — contribute a few hours a week or more when you have time.

Join a Global Student Community

Collaborate with peers, professors, and mentors who are shaping the future of AI. Grow your network while making an impact.

Join a Global Student Community

Collaborate with peers, professors, and mentors who are shaping the future of AI. Grow your network while making an impact.

Join a Global Student Community

Collaborate with peers, professors, and mentors who are shaping the future of AI. Grow your network while making an impact.

Hear from other students

  • Outlier is smooth to use and makes you feel connected right away. I really enjoy the community and working with my team through optional group Zoom calls and message channels where you can ask for help on projects. While working on coding, puzzle solving, and math tasks, I’ve been actively improving my skills. I can honestly say I’ve grown into a smarter developer. It feels like getting paid to go to school while knowing the work is helping everyone.

    Sandeep Salwan

  • Through my work at Outlier, I was able to contribute to data that cutting-edge LLMs are trained on and explore interesting projects like jailbreaking models to violate their safeguards. Outlier not only deepened my understanding of how these complex models are improved, but also gave me practical experience that I could never get anywhere else. Additionally, the program offered great pay and flexible hours that fit perfectly in my schedule.

    David Li

Outlier is smooth to use and makes you feel connected right away. I really enjoy the community and working with my team through optional group Zoom calls and message channels where you can ask for help on projects. While working on coding, puzzle solving, and math tasks, I’ve been actively improving my skills. I can honestly say I’ve grown into a smarter developer. It feels like getting paid to go to school while knowing the work is helping everyone.

Sandeep Salwan

Outlier is smooth to use and makes you feel connected right away. I really enjoy the community and working with my team through optional group Zoom calls and message channels where you can ask for help on projects. While working on coding, puzzle solving, and math tasks, I’ve been actively improving my skills. I can honestly say I’ve grown into a smarter developer. It feels like getting paid to go to school while knowing the work is helping everyone.

Sandeep Salwan

Working on Outlier has been an incredible opportunity to sharpen my programming skills while working closely with like-minded interns and experts in the field. Through my work, I was able to contribute to data that cutting-edge LLMs are trained on and explore interesting projects like jailbreaking models to violate their safeguards. Outlier not only deepened my understanding of how these complex models are improved, but also gave me practical experience that I could never get anywhere else. Additionally, the program offered great pay and flexible hours that fit perfectly in my schedule

David Li

Working on Outlier has been an incredible opportunity to sharpen my programming skills while working closely with like-minded interns and experts in the field. Through my work, I was able to contribute to data that cutting-edge LLMs are trained on and explore interesting projects like jailbreaking models to violate their safeguards. Outlier not only deepened my understanding of how these complex models are improved, but also gave me practical experience that I could never get anywhere else. Additionally, the program offered great pay and flexible hours that fit perfectly in my schedule

David Li

Application and onboarding process

STEP 1

Create an account
on Outlier

STEP 1

Create an account
on Outlier

STEP 1

Create an account
on Outlier

STEP 2

Verify your identity and phone number

STEP 2

Verify your identity and phone number

STEP 2

Verify your identity and phone number

STEP 3

Pass a skill assessment

STEP 3

Pass a skill assessment

STEP 3

Pass a skill assessment

STEP 4

Start earning by completing tasks

STEP 4

Start earning by completing tasks

STEP 4

Start earning by completing tasks

Ready to use your brilliance to outsmart AI?

in collaboration with Scale AI

Ready to use your brilliance to outsmart AI?

in collaboration with Scale AI

Ready to use your brilliance to outsmart AI?

in collaboration with Scale AI

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This is a 1099 contract opportunity on the Outlier.ai platform. Because this is a freelance opportunity, we do not offer internships, sponsorship, or employment. You must be authorized to work in your country of residence. If you are an international student, you may be able to sign up for Outlier if you are on a visa. You should contact your tax and/or immigration advisor with specific questions regarding your circumstances.

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© 2025 Outlier. All rights reserved.

© 2025 Outlier. All rights reserved.