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OpenAI toxic-content classifiers

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Incident 4508 Report
Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

2021-11-01

Sama data annotators in Nairobi, Kenya, reported lasting psychological trauma after labeling graphic sexual and violent text for OpenAI's content-moderation classifiers used in ChatGPT. Workers alleged low pay and inadequate psychological support; Sama disputed aspects of those accounts. The contract ended early, and former workers later petitioned Kenya's Parliament for stronger protections.

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Sama

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Chatbot developers

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  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Employees of Sama

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Data annotators

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Sama data annotators in Kenya

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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OpenAI large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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ChatGPT

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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Content moderation systems

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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AI training data pipelines

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 450
    8 Reports

    Kenyan Data Annotators Reported Psychological Trauma from Labeling Graphic Text for ChatGPT Safety Systems

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