Mercor

People Training OpenAI's AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

Sep 22, 2026
404 Media
404 Media reported that multiple contractors working on OpenAI-related model-evaluation projects were fired or removed for using AI tools in work meant to supply human judgment; two of the contractors interviewed worked through Mercor, whose spokesperson confirmed contracts prohibit LLM use and that violations lead to removal from a project.
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