Report: OpenAI asks contractors to upload real work from past jobs
According to Wired, OpenAI and Handshake AI are asking for real Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to train AI. Legal experts warn of risks.
According to a Wired report, OpenAI and training-data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work from their past and current jobs.
What they want
A company presentation reportedly asks for "real, on-the-job work" contractors have "actually" done, as the actual file:
- Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel
- images or code repos
Confidential data?
Contractors are reportedly told to remove proprietary and personal information first, and are pointed to a ChatGPT tool called Superstar Scrubbing.
A legal warning
IP lawyer Evan Brown told Wired that any AI lab taking this approach is "putting itself at great risk".
OpenAI declined to comment.
This is a report; OpenAI has not confirmed it.
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