xAI is hiring an AI video games tutor for up to $100 an hour (www.businessinsider.com)

xAI posted a job for a full-time “Video Games Tutor” to train its Grok chatbot, offering $45–$100 per hour. The role centers on human-in-the-loop work—labeling, annotating and providing expert input on game mechanics, narratives and design elements—while collaborating with technical teams. Candidates need demonstrated proficiency in game design, CS or interactive media, a portfolio (ideally indie experience), and strong gameplay analysis and iterative critique skills; a history of extensive gaming is a plus. The position is based in Palo Alto with a five-day in-office expectation (a remote option is possible for highly self-motivated applicants), aligning with Elon Musk’s known stance against work-from-home. For the AI/ML community this is a concrete example of domain-specialist labor being hired to shape generative models: experts will produce curated annotations and critiques that can feed supervised fine-tuning, reward-model training, and iterative evaluation of game-oriented generation and decision-making. That signals xAI is investing in grounded, human-guided training to improve Grok’s ability to reason about interactive systems, design mechanics and craft narratives—capabilities useful for automated playtesting, procedural content generation, and AI-assisted design workflows. The listing also underscores the broader trend of hiring diverse, domain-specific annotators to close the gap between general LLMs and specialized application performance.