AI Tutor - Telugu

Details

xAI is seeking an AI Tutor specialized in multilingual audio capabilities to train and refine Grok for voice interactions, speech recognition, and auditory experiences across languages, accents, and cultural contexts. The role focuses on curating and annotating high-quality audio data to improve natural spoken interactions, speech processing, and multilingual audio nuance handling.

Responsibilities

• Use proprietary software to provide labels, annotations, recordings, and inputs on projects involving multilingual audio clips, voice recordings, speech samples, and auditory elements in various languages.
• Support delivery of high-quality curated audio data ensuring clear, natural spoken output and accurate representation of linguistic and prosodic details (intonation, rhythm, accent) to professional audio standards.
• Collaborate with technical staff to develop tasks that improve the AI's handling of speech modulation, accent variation, noise in real-world recordings, and multilingual audio processing.
• Work with technical staff to improve annotation tools for efficient audio workflows.

Requirements

• Native proficiency in Telugu, with exposure to diverse accents, dialects, or regional variations.
• Proficiency in English (minimum B2 level) with clear, natural vocal delivery suitable for audio recording.
• Strong auditory perception to identify nuances in speech, accents, pronunciation, intonation, and audio quality across languages.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multilingual audio content, including evaluating speech accuracy, cultural vocal expressions, and contextual interpretation.
• Demonstrated ability to transcribe audio with high accuracy across accents and varying audio quality.
• Comfort providing high-quality voice recordings and feedback on audio samples in multiple languages.
• Strong comprehension skills and ability to make independent judgments on ambiguous or varied audio material (including noisy or accented speech).
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, detail-oriented, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to developing AI that masters sophisticated multilingual audio capabilities.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Exceptional attention to linguistic nuance, auditory detail, and data quality beyond standard transcription work.
• Deep understanding of what constitutes good/useful audio data.
• Advanced transcription and annotation practices, including handling disfluencies, accents, and prosodic features (intonation, stress, rhythm, emotion) with high consistency and accuracy.
• Background in linguistics (phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics), speech sciences, cognitive science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working with speech/audio datasets, annotation workflows, or AI training data; knowledge/experience with training voice models and understanding of how data quality impacts model performance.
• Professional experience in voice work (voice acting, voice recording, podcasting) demonstrating attention to clarity and recording quality.
• Portfolio (strongly preferred for advanced candidates): voice samples, annotated transcripts, or audio-related work.

Location and Other Expectations

• Tutor roles may be full-time, part-time, or contractor positions.
• Contractor hours vary widely; most projects may require at least 10 hours per week on average, but this is not a fixed commitment.
• Roles may be performed remotely from any location worldwide, subject to legal eligibility, time-zone compatibility, and role-specific needs.
• For US-based candidates, xAI cannot hire in Wyoming or Illinois at this time.
• xAI is unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• For work from a personal device, supported platforms: Chromebook, macOS 11.0 or later, or Windows 10 or later.

Compensation and Benefits

• US-based candidates: $35/hour - $45/hour depending on experience, skills, education, geographic location, and qualifications.
• International candidate compensation details provided during recruitment.
• Benefits vary by employment type, location, and jurisdiction; eligible U.S.-based positions may include health insurance, 401(k), and paid sick leave.