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Handshake AI Project Lumière
Project Lumière is the name worker videos give to a Handshake AI Fellowship project for people with STEM expertise, run in fields such as biology, chemistry, math and engineering. Handshake publishes nothing that names it: everything known here comes from worker videos posted in September and October 2026.
What participants do
Worker videos describe creating hard, image-based questions in your field (scientific images, diagrams and figures) meant to test and improve AI systems, checking that each image's source and license make it eligible, and writing image descriptions. These accounts come from worker videos; Handshake has not described the work.
How people get in
Worker videos describe getting in through the Handshake AI Fellowship: sign up, be invited to the project, then complete its onboarding and an assessment. Handshake's rules for every project apply: US-based fellows with supported work authorization (international participation is invite-only), and all submitted work must be your own, without AI tools.
What it pays
$110 per task in several worker videos (one Biology video shows $176 per task); Handshake states no rate for the project. Handshake says every project shows its rate and any bonus before you join, so check the figure in your own invitation.
Status: not public
Handshake has published nothing about Lumière; the newest worker video found was posted on 17 October 2026 (an assessment video for its Physics and Biology tracks), which suggests it was active then but does not confirm it is still running.
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Project Lumière: questions
What is Project Lumière?
Project Lumière is the name worker videos give to a Handshake AI Fellowship project for people with STEM expertise, run in fields such as biology, chemistry, math and engineering. Handshake publishes nothing that names it: everything known here comes from worker videos posted in September and October 2026.
What do Project Lumière participants do?
Worker videos describe creating hard, image-based questions in your field (scientific images, diagrams and figures) meant to test and improve AI systems, checking that each image's source and license make it eligible, and writing image descriptions. These accounts come from worker videos; Handshake has not described the work.
How much does Project Lumière pay?
$110 per task in several worker videos (one Biology video shows $176 per task); Handshake states no rate for the project. Handshake says every project shows its rate and any bonus before you join, so check the figure in your own invitation.
How do you get into Project Lumière?
Worker videos describe getting in through the Handshake AI Fellowship: sign up, be invited to the project, then complete its onboarding and an assessment. Handshake's rules for every project apply: US-based fellows with supported work authorization (international participation is invite-only), and all submitted work must be your own, without AI tools.
Is Project Lumière still running?
Handshake has published nothing about Lumière; the newest worker video found was posted on 17 October 2026 (an assessment video for its Physics and Biology tracks), which suggests it was active then but does not confirm it is still running.
What isn't public
- Handshake publishes nothing that names Project Lumière: no description, eligibility, rate or status, so every detail here comes from worker videos.
- The $110 per task figure is worker-reported (one video shows $176); Handshake states no rate, and how long a task takes is not public, so the hourly equivalent is unknown.
- Which countries, degree levels and fields the project accepts is not public.
- Some YouTube channels that post Lumière videos offer assessment answers over WhatsApp. Handshake's help center requires all submitted work to be your own original effort and lets it remove fellows who try to get around its policies, so bought answers risk removal and unpaid work.
- Whether the onboarding and assessment are paid is not public; Handshake says onboarding pay depends on each project's terms.
Sources (14), researched 29 Oct 2026
- YouTube, KashiAdda: Handshake AI for Beginners: Earn $110/Task (Project Lumiere) (September 19, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Vish Me Tech: $110 Per Task With AI?! Project Lumiere Full Guide, Handshake AI (September 13, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Rony OnlineGigs: Handshake AI Project Lumiere Biology, Onboarding & Assessment Overview (October 8, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Sassy Animals Ent: Project Lumiere Onboarding Meeting (September 14, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Amazing Tv 254 (video title and description only; the channel offers assessment answers): Project Lumière in Biology (September 14, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Amazing Tv 254 (video title only; the channel offers assessment answers): Project Lumière Tasking Process (Chemistry) (September 14, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Amazing Tv 254 (video title only; the channel offers assessment answers): Project Lumière (Math) (September 12, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, Amazing Tv 254 (video title only; the channel offers assessment answers): Project Lumière Engineering, Annotator Onboarding Assessment (October 3, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- YouTube, AI Master (video title and description only; the channel offers assessment answers): Handshake AI Project Octahedron Answers, Lumiere Physics & Biology Answers (October 17, 2026) (youtube.com/watch)
- Handshake AI Help Center: Introduction to the Handshake AI program (rates shown before joining) (ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/31620022060055)
- Handshake AI Help Center: Earning on Handshake AI (onboarding is paid only when the Project Terms say so) (ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/33614619791767)
- Handshake AI Help Center: Fellowship work authorization eligibility (ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/32245223383703)
- Handshake AI Help Center: Original work and prohibition on usage of LLMs (ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/37148280550295)
- Handshake AI Help Center: Code of Conduct (conduct in bad faith) (ai-support.joinhandshake.com/articles/37145880022679)