Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI modelswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10cross-posted to: tech@kbin.socialtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtech@kbin.socialtechnology@lemmy.mlnews@kbin.social
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minus-squareRenneder@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoMophat Okinyi, former moderator of ChatGPT, has filed a petition to investigate the operating conditions of contractors who view content. • Oquini and other moderators claim that their psychological trauma, low salary and dismissal were caused by the contract with Sama. • Sama, a data annotation service company, disagrees with the allegations and claims to have paid compensation. • Former moderators call for new legislation and protection of Kenyan youth from outsourcing companies. • OpenAI is also responsible for the working conditions of content moderators, according to a statement from non-profit organization Foxglove. • Africa’s first union for content moderators was formed in May, but it remains unclear who OpenAI outsources work to.
Mophat Okinyi, former moderator of ChatGPT, has filed a petition to investigate the operating conditions of contractors who view content.
• Oquini and other moderators claim that their psychological trauma, low salary and dismissal were caused by the contract with Sama.
• Sama, a data annotation service company, disagrees with the allegations and claims to have paid compensation.
• Former moderators call for new legislation and protection of Kenyan youth from outsourcing companies.
• OpenAI is also responsible for the working conditions of content moderators, according to a statement from non-profit organization Foxglove.
• Africa’s first union for content moderators was formed in May, but it remains unclear who OpenAI outsources work to.