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OpenAI Hires AI Trainers, Then Fires Them for Using AI to Train AI: 'Getting Paid to Make AI Worse'

OpenAI hired a team of human AI trainers, then terminated them after discovering they were using AI tools to complete their own training work. The company framed the move as quality control, arguing that AI-generated training data degrades model performance. The fired workers say they were never told using AI was prohibited, and the episode has become a viral example of the tech industry's circular logic.

Source: OpenAI Hires AI Trainers, Then Fires Them for Using AI to Train AI: 'Getting Paid to Make AI Worse' — r/nottheonion

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