OpenAI, in collaboration with Handshake AI, is reportedly seeking third-party contractors to upload real work samples from their previous and current positions as part of an effort to enhance training data quality for AI models. This move reflects a broader trend in AI companies to leverage contractors for generating high-quality training data, aiming to advance the automation of white-collar tasks.
Contractors are asked to detail tasks undertaken in prior roles and share tangible examples of their actual work output, such as Word documents, PDFs, images, and more. OpenAI emphasizes the removal of proprietary or personally identifiable information before submission, suggesting the use of a ChatGPT “Superstar Scrubbing” tool for this purpose.
However, intellectual property lawyer Evan Brown has raised concerns, highlighting the significant risk OpenAI faces with this approach that heavily relies on contractors’ judgment to identify and safeguard confidential information properly.
An OpenAI representative opted not to provide a comment on the matter.
Source: TechCrunch