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Remotasks / Outlier (Scale AI)

AI / Data Work · AI training data annotation
D+

High Risk (D+) — Side Hustle Honesty Grade

Remotasks (rebranded to Outlier in 2024) is Scale AI's crowd-work platform for AI training data. Following the 2025 Meta-Scale AI transaction, the platform's future operating model is uncertain. Worker complaints about declining task availability and unpaid work have grown.

47
Composite / 100
/ Subscore Breakdown · 5 Dimensions

Where this grade comes from.

Take Rate Transparency
D+
Worker Protection
D+
Payment Reliability
C-
Talent Vetting
C+
Honest Earning
D+
/ Public-Record Events

Key events & disclosures.

  • Scale AI subsidiary
  • Rebranded from Remotasks to Outlier 2024
  • Meta-Scale AI transaction June 2025 — platform future uncertain
  • Multiple worker complaints about declining task volume

/ Best for

Limited recommendation. Workers should diversify across platforms given Scale AI's recent restructuring.

/ Watch out for

Meta-Scale transaction implications for the platform remain unclear; task volume has been declining.