OpenAI Fires Contractors for Using AI in ChatGPT Training as Model Collapse Risk Looms
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Updated · InfoWorld · Sep 25
OpenAI Fires Contractors for Using AI in ChatGPT Training as Model Collapse Risk Looms
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Sep 25
Summary
Many OpenAI contractors were dismissed after the company found they had used AI tools while reviewing ChatGPT prompts and writing feedback meant to supply human training input.
OpenAI’s contractor rules explicitly barred any AI use—including GPTZero, Grammarly and AI translation tools—because the work was supposed to provide human judgment rather than machine-generated responses.
The company is trying to avoid “model collapse,” where models trained on AI-generated text degrade over time; one contractor told 404 Media the practice was common in a group of thousands.
OpenAI declined to comment, and the number of fired contractors was not disclosed, leaving the scale of the breach unclear.