Story behind Anthropic AI Tool - Lawyers training AI to take their jobs

This week, the tech sector took a 7% beating in the US market after traders pointed to a release on the Anthropic website that described how the latest plugin of Claud tool could help “Speed up contract review, NDA triage, and compliance workflows for in-house legal teams.”

So, how did Anthropic end up with this sophisticated tool?

Anthropic and other AI labs leverage AI-services companies like Mercor and Scale AI that provide “AI model training services.” These platforms help companies and startups create domain-specific AI models and large language models (LLMs). Anthropic’s AI Lab hired dozens of American lawyers via gig contracts to train their model that has now scaled to this release of Claud tool.

The result of extensive training is a tool that can be used to “review-contract clause-by-clause against your configured negotiation playbook, with GREEN/YELLOW/RED flags and specific redline suggestions. Use /triage-nda for rapid NDA pre-screening that categorizes incoming NDAs for standard approval, counsel review, or full review.”

 

A few recent AI Gig-Job openings for Lawyers


Lawyers Hourly contract Remote Recent hire -  $90-$150 per hour


Looks like the focus is on Australian law

Australian Legal Expert (Tasmania) Hourly contract Remote $90-$130 per hour



Australian Legal Expert (Northern Territory) Hourly contract Remote $90-$130 per hour


Australian Legal Expert Hourly contract Remote $120-$140 per hour



Who are the lawyers signing up for these gigs?

In the bustling AI-era gig economy, a surprising wave of legal talent is trading billable hours in courtrooms for high-paying "AI training gigs." Platforms mimicking Amazon's Mechanical Turk - launched nearly two decades ago - have evolved into sophisticated marketplaces for specialized workers. These sites now connect out-of-work lawyers, including the stereotypical "ambulance chasers," with lucrative tasks at rates of $150–200 per hour.  

The profiles popping up on these platforms paint a clear picture. Many are seasoned attorneys hit hard by economic shifts - layoffs from shrinking law firms, automation eating into routine legal work, or the post-pandemic slowdown in litigation.  These aren't just entry-level paralegals; we're talking experienced pros with expertise in contract review, regulatory compliance, and ethical reasoning - skills that AI models crave for fine-tuning.

This trend signals deeper shifts. Law schools are adding AI ethics courses, but practicing lawyers are the immediate talent pool—over 1.3 million in the U.S. alone, per ABA stats, with global numbers swelling. Platforms report 30-50% month-over-month growth in legal gigs, fuelled by models like Grok and GPT needing domain-specific tuning.

The AI gold rush is reshaping professions, and lawyers are proving they're not just survivors; they're scalers.

 

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