OpenAI fires contractors for using AI to train its AI, report says
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-26
Per 404 Media, OpenAI employs thousands of contractors — akin to Google's quality raters — to improve its models, and multiple ones were fired for using AI to do their AI-training jobs. The report notes such practices risk contributing to model collapse.
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