Content moderators who worked on ChatGPT say they were traumatized by reviewing graphic content: 'It has destroyed me completely.'

Fri, 08/04/2023 - 07:12

A laptop and a smartphone on a desk that are both showing ChatGPT. — A Sama spokesperson told The Guardian that workers were paid from $1.46 to $3.74 an hour.
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Kenyan moderators who reviewed content for ChatGPT say they had to read pages of disturbing text.
A former Sama employee told The Guardian that he often read up to 700 text passages every day.
The moderators said they were exposed to graphic scenes of violence, sexual abuse, and bestiality.

Kenyan moderators who reviewed content for OpenAI's ChatGPT say they were made to read graphic text passages, paid poorly, and offered limited support in a new report by The Guardian.