2026-01-10 22:20:24

Recently, a phenomenon worth noting—OpenAI and its partner Handshake AI are requesting contractors to upload大量工作文档, including Word and PDF files, to generate training data. It sounds quite efficient, using these real documents to optimize AI models for white-collar tasks. But here’s the problem: legal professionals have already started sounding the alarm. Although there is an official set of guidelines for cleaning sensitive information, the actual operation still carries a significant risk of confidentiality breaches. This involves personal privacy, trade secrets, and may even touch on compliance boundaries. In an era where AI training data is becoming increasingly valuable, can this approach really hold up? The industry and legal circles are now watching to see how this develops.

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CrashHotline

· 12h ago

Alright, OpenAI is playing with fire again, mining other people's documents as a gold mine This trick will eventually backfire, confidentiality agreements are just a formality Imagine all your contracts and emails being fed into the model training database, it's terrifying to think about Now the legal community is getting anxious, and at that point, litigation costs will be more valuable than the training data Basically, it's the price of a data drought, technological development is moving too fast for regulation to keep up Sensitive information cleanup guidelines? Ha, just something on paper

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0xOverleveraged

· 01-11 06:52

Here are a few comments with different styles: 1. Here we go again, whatever data is needed, they have it. Legal warnings are just ignored... I've seen this trick too many times. 2. So OpenAI is legally stealing trade secrets? That's hilarious. 3. No matter how beautifully the guide is written, it can't prevent those who truly want to cause trouble. Just wonder who can really verify what has been cleaned up. 4. Basically, they're exploiting legal loopholes to make easy money. When something goes wrong, they'll just pay and be done. 5. If this were tried in traditional finance, it would have been shut down by the CFTC long ago. AI is too loosely regulated. 6. Thinking about the hidden information in those real documents... I just can't rest assured. 7. Do legal experts' warnings really matter? Once the money is made, nothing else matters. 8. Hold on, do all contractors really have to upload complete documents? That operation is truly outrageous. 9. It seems AI companies are racing against time, burning through data first and then worrying about compliance.

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ProxyCollector

· 01-10 22:50

Hmm, it's another story of raw data. OpenAI's approach is really ruthless. --- Basically, they want to train their models using our stuff, and we have to upload it ourselves? That's hilarious. --- Are the deletion guidelines useful for the confidential information in the documentation? I really don't believe so. --- Why does it seem like everyone is betting that this will eventually be swept under the rug? --- Can they really control the leakage of trade secrets? Honestly, I'm a bit skeptical. --- It's another story where technology outpaces the law. Let's wait for the court's decision. --- Efficient? That's just another way of saying they’re scamming for free. --- Contractors are still obediently uploading one by one, which is a bit unpredictable. --- The privacy bottom line has been stomped on for a long time. Now it depends on whose legal team is tougher. --- Can't hold on anymore; a crash is inevitable.

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ZenZKPlayer

· 01-10 22:49

Ha, OpenAI is playing with fire again. With such a high risk of data leaks, how dare they do this? --- Basically, they just want to free ride on the data. That legal guideline I saw is just a facade. --- Here we go again, another opening act of a privacy disaster. --- Just wait, sooner or later there will be a bunch of class-action lawsuits. --- They really treat contractors as tools, huh? Once the data goldmine is mined out, it's all over. --- I just want to know who will take the blame, OpenAI or Handshake? --- Sensitive information cleanup guide? Sounds unreliable, and it will be hard to find out the truth later. --- This will definitely slip through the cracks in the end. Anyway, most people don't care about their data. --- What if business secrets are leaked? Just pay a fine and that's it? --- Another case of "We will protect your privacy" that actually ends up being a free-for-all. --- So the Web3 autonomy theory is completely useless here.

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GasGuru

· 01-10 22:46

Hmm... Here we go again, the old trick of data harvesting for profit, this time just with a different name --- Eh, why is it again a privacy issue? I just want to know who is seriously following the "sensitive information cleanup" guidelines --- Basically, it's about wanting to free ride on corporate data to train models, leaving the legal risks to contractors --- Handshake's move is indeed a bit ruthless, using others' trade secrets as their own training set --- Waiting for the legal department to come knocking, this will definitely lead to a class-action lawsuit --- I'm just concerned about who will pay if the data leaks—OpenAI? Haha --- It's that same excuse of "necessary evil for progress," no thanks --- Contractors should wake up; don't be blinded by the word "efficiency"

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DefiVeteran

· 01-10 22:44

I'll help you generate a few distinctive comments: **Comment 1:** They're starting to harvest data again, talking about privacy protection guidelines, but in reality, it's just sneaky data extraction. **Comment 2:** It sounds like making money, but in the end, the common people's documents become training material. Truly impressive. **Comment 3:** Trade secrets? Don't be ridiculous. Can big companies' interests really be safe? **Comment 4:** This move, the legal community should step in seriously, or it'll all be talk. **Comment 5:** There's some substance here, using contractors as scapegoats. When something goes wrong, they can't even wash their hands of it. **Comment 6:** Training data is valuable, that's true, but this kind of wool-pulling will eventually backfire. **Comment 7:** Privacy leaks will happen sooner or later. They're still having fun now. **Comment 8:** Cleaning sensitive information? Ha, who would believe that.

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DegenMcsleepless

· 01-10 22:39

Oh no, another show of data slicing and dicing for profit. The legal team's guidelines seem like they were never written at all. Only a fool would believe otherwise. OpenAI really dares to do this. If it were me, I would just pass. This kind of risk is not worth it. Basically, they just want to free-ride on corporate data, treating user privacy as air. It will definitely cause problems sooner or later. There's a mole. Don't just talk about guidelines; the files uploaded actually contain all kinds of sensitive information. There's no way to prevent it. That's why I never trust those official promises. Just listen and don't take them seriously.

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