The Decoder· Maximilian Schreiner·· 4 d ago
US data brokers are selling half a billion dollars in RL training environments to Chinese AI labs
US data brokers are selling half a billion dollars in RL training environments to Chinese AI labs
AI summary
US data brokers like Mercor, Surge AI, and AfterQuery are selling roughly half a billion dollars' worth of AI training data to Chinese labs, according to a ChinaTalk investigation. That includes the same RL environments previously built for OpenAI or Anthropic. At least nine firms are involved, and export controls barely apply.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 61Second 71
Not admittedSum of both 132 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：美数据商向中国AI实验室售RL训练环境
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com