Project Mercury
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Roy: OpenAI Hired Over 100 Ex-Bankers for Project Mercury
“OpenAI, apparently there's something called Project Mercury, where they've hired over a hundred ex-bankers to train their models, to basically, you know, like, do that tagging work, good answer, not good answer, You know, start helping like the models understa…”
Kantrowitz: OpenAI Uses AI-Only Interview Process for Project Mercury
“The application process for Project Mercury involves almost no human interaction. The first step is a roughly 20 minute interview with an AI chatbot which asks questions based on the applicant's resume. The second phase test candidates on their knowledge of fi…”