{
  "id": 15802386,
  "title": "AI Labs Pay Lawyers $400 an Hour to Train Models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ai-labs-pay-lawyers-400-an-hour-to-train-models",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-20T20:25:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/ai-labs-pay-lawyers-400-an-hour-to-train-models/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A civil rights attorney can now earn $400 an hour with no client involved. Recruiters are advertising that rate for attorneys, $170 an hour for condensed matter physics experts and up to $120 for software engineers, all to “help train next-generation AI systems,” Bloomberg reported. Mercor, a marketplace that places professionals with artificial intelligence labs, […] The post AI Labs Pay Lawyers…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}