OpenAI Fired Contractors Hired to Humanize ChatGPT After They Used AI on the Job

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A Yahoo Tech report (based on 404 Media\u2019s reporting) that OpenAI fired contractors hired to review and improve ChatGPT responses after discovering they were using AI tools to do the work themselves. The contractors were explicitly banned from using AI, including Grammarly and AI translation, but some did so anyway. One contractor said AI use is \u201cpretty much the one thing that will get you kicked off ASAP.\u201d The irony is noted: an AI company firing people for using AI. Published September 26, 2026.

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