OpenAI contractors review real ChatGPT conversations
OpenAI employs hundreds of contractors to read and review real ChatGPT conversations, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. These reviewers sometimes encounter sensitive personal information in the user prompts, despite efforts to remove such details. OpenAI says the practice is aimed at training and improving the chatbot’s responses. Contractors review and critique ChatGPT replies to help guide model development.
- Contractors read real prompts from ChatGPT users
- Sensitive details sometimes reach human reviewers
- Reviewers provide feedback to refine AI responses
- OpenAI attempts to remove identifying information
- Anthropic uses similar human review methods
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