San Francisco: Elon Musk’s xAI is actively recruiting elite “Writing Specialists” to refine and train its Grok AI chatbot, seeking award-winning authors, journalists, and domain experts for a remote role paying $40-$125 per hour.
According to sources, the job posting, live on xAI’s careers page and platforms like Greenhouse and LinkedIn, targets top-tier talent to elevate Grok’s writing across genres — from fiction and screenplays to technical and medical content — amid the company’s push for advanced AI capabilities.
Candidates must demonstrate proven English proficiency and expertise in at least on
e specialty: novelists need major publishing deals or 50,000+ book sales; screenwriters, produced studio credits or Oscar nods; journalists, 5+ years at outlets like NYT or BBC; poets, classical form mastery (free verse applicants disqualified). Responsibilities include annotating AI text for clarity, engagement, grammar, and immersion using proprietary tools, collaborating with engineers on tasks, and improving workflows to boost Grok’s outputs for specific audiences.
xAI emphasizes superlative skills — flawless grammar, analytical editing, adaptability under deadlines, and familiarity with AI prompts or tools like Slack and Notion as preferred. Responsibilities extend to pivoting for non-writing AI improvements, underscoring the flat, high-urgency structure at xAI’s mission to understand the universe.
The listing sparked online buzz and irony, with critics questioning why literary giants would train a potential job-displacing AI for modest hourly rates—bestsellers editing Grok’s “babysitting” output.