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为 OpenAI 训练 AI 的承包商因使用 AI 训练 AI 被解雇
404 Media 报道称，多名受雇改进 OpenAI 模型的承包商因使用 AI 完成训练工作而被解雇。报道引用内部文件和三名参与 OpenAI 相关项目的承包商说法，其中两人受雇于 Mercor；一名承包商称此类行为是“最快被踢出”的原因之一。另有一名曾为多家 AI 公司训练模型的承包商表示，自己有时会故意选择最差回答以破坏模型训练。OpenAI 拒绝就承包商被解雇一事置评。
AI推荐理由 404 Media 报道称，多名为 OpenAI 模型做数据标注/训练的承包商因使用 AI 完成工作被解雇，报道引用内部文件和三名承包商的说法，并提到其中两人受雇于 Mercor；另有一名承包商称会故意选择最差回答以破坏训练。该内容揭示了 AI 训练数据供应链中人工标注的质量与伦理问题，对理解模型训练数据可靠性有参考价值，但核心信息来自匿名承包商和内部文件转述，OpenAI 拒绝置评，事实细节无法独立核实，且 Slashdot 为聚合转述，故质量分中等。
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404 Media reports "multiple contractors hired to improve OpenAI's models have been fired for using AI to train the AI:
That's not great for the models themselves, but there is also obviously a great irony in AI training companies working for OpenAI firing people for using AI when OpenAI's whole thing is to make people use AI at work... OpenAI declined to comment on its contractors being fired for using AI.
Their article cites internal documents and three contractors working on OpenAI-related projects which can include more than ten thousand contractors:
One contractor said they see people using AI "all the time and people are let go for it all the time, it's pretty much the one thing that will get you kicked off ASAP." The person said, "in a group of thousands there are tons that have been caught...." Two of the sources said people have been fired or offboarded for using AI... One contractor said they used AI while helping to train OpenAI's models and shared what they presented as their termination letter. It said their employer had identified issues with the "authenticity" of their work....
404 Media spoke to a fourth contractor who has worked on training models for various AI companies. They said they sometimes purposefully chose the worst responses because they wanted to actively sabotage the models' training. "I did feel guilty about doing this kind of work at the start," they said. "I either pay zero attention to the results and choose randomly or purposely choose the [worst] output. I'm not sure how much of a difference it actually makes since there are hundreds of other people also rating prompt results, but it does feel like I'm getting paid to make AI worse."
Two of the contractors worked for Mercor, the article reports, a company which last month Nvidia reportedly discussed funding at a $20 billion valuation.
Thanks to Slashdot reader joshuark for sharing the article.