{"id":13697,"date":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openai-is-reportedly-asking-contractors-to-upload-real-work-from-past-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T23:57:08","slug":"openai-is-reportedly-asking-contractors-to-upload-real-work-from-past-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/openai-is-reportedly-asking-contractors-to-upload-real-work-from-past-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work that they did in past and current jobs, according to a report in Wired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This appears to be part of a larger strategy across AI companies that are hiring contractors to generate high-quality training data in the hopes that this will eventually allow their models to automate more white-collar work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In OpenAI&rsquo;s case, a company presentation reportedly asks contractors to describe tasks they&rsquo;ve performed at other jobs and upload examples of &ldquo;real, on-the-job work&rdquo; that they&rsquo;ve &ldquo;<strong>actually<\/strong> done.&rdquo; These examples can include &ldquo;a concrete output (not a summary of the file, but the actual file), e.g., Word doc, PDF, Powerpoint, Excel, image, repo.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company reportedly instructs contractors to delete proprietary and personally identifiable information before uploading, and it points them to a ChatGPT &ldquo;Superstar Scrubbing&rdquo; tool to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, intellectual property lawyer Evan Brown told Wired that any AI lab taking this approach is &ldquo;putting itself at great risk&rdquo; with an approach that requires &ldquo;a lot of trust in its contractors to decide what is and isn&rsquo;t confidential.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An OpenAI spokesperson declined to comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\" readability=\"5.3\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\" readability=\"24.75\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work that they did in past and current jobs, according to a report in Wired. 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