--- title: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬... description: The bulk annotation model — label fast, label cheap, label at scale — is being displaced by precision data curation. Smarter AI models need better data, not... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bu9sbxx3q twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. | daily.dev og:description: The bulk annotation model — label fast, label cheap, label at scale — is being displaced by precision data curation. Smarter AI models need better data, not... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bu9sbxx3q og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bu9SBxX3Q.png og:image:alt: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The bulk annotation model — label fast, label cheap, label at scale — is being displaced by precision data curation. Smarter AI models need better data, not more of it: 2,000 carefully curated examples can outperform 200,000 error-prone ones. True value now lies in domain expertise, edge-case judgment, and knowing what data a model actually needs. Annotators and teams competing purely on speed and cost are now racing against automated tools they can't beat. Those who invest in quality systems and genuine expertise stand to benefit as the ceiling on this work rises. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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