Chinese labs reportedly buying expert training data from US data firms like Mercor and SurgeAI
BarnacleBasic1988 · reddit · 2026-10-01
A Reddit post claims Chinese AI labs are paying heavily for handcrafted expert training data from US data companies like Mercor and SurgeAI — firms that also sell similar datasets to US government agencies. The poster flags a clear conflict of interest and security concern, asking what buyers get that they can't produce in-house, and highlighting the geopolitical risk of advanced private datasets being sold overseas.
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