404 Media Exposes OpenAI's Project Lily: Human Review of ChatGPT Chats for Model Tuning

404 Media 曝光 OpenAI 莉莉计划：人工审核 ChatGPT 聊天记录以优化模型

404 Media obtained internal docs on Project Lily, OpenAI's human review program for ChatGPT chats. Reviewers read anonymized real conversations to rate response quality, flagging AI clichés, condescending tone, or fake personal anecdotes. Pay exceeds $50/hour but the work is repetitive. Most users don't know their chats can be read by humans, and many treat ChatGPT as a confidant. OpenAI admits anonymization can leak personal data, especially in short sessions. After the story broke, OpenAI updated its help page but still didn't explicitly mention human review.

Why it matters: 404 Media obtained internal docs showing OpenAI hires humans to review user chats at $50+/hr. Strong privacy angle, but the article lacks scale details (how many reviewers, what % of chats), capping the score below 80.