People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI contractors were fired after using AI tools to review and train ChatGPT, violating Mercor’s ban on LLM-assisted work.
404 Media reports that contractors hired to improve OpenAI models, including through Mercor, have been fired for using AI on tasks meant to be done by humans. Internal guidance tells reviewers not to use GPTZero, Grammarly, AI translation, or other AI tools, and to judge patterns such as repetitive wording and em dashes without explaining the suspicion. Sources said firings for AI use are common across groups of thousands of contractors. OpenAI declined to comment; Mercor said confirmed LLM misuse leads to immediate removal from the project.
- Contractors rating ChatGPT replies were fired for using AI.
- Mercor bans LLMs, Grammarly, and AI translation on review work.
- Reviewers flag repetitive wording, em dashes, and unusually fast work.
- Some projects involve more than ten thousand contractors.
- One contractor said they deliberately chose the worst model outputs.
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OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
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