OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers at $2/Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT

Some may see that story title as almost clickbait.

An average bank clerk's salary in Kenya is about 30,000 Kenya Shilling per month which is about $241 US dollars. At $2/hour, the data workers were making around $280 US dollars per month.

If there really is an aggrieved worker, I'm sure the pay is not great when compared to salaries in the US but the worker isn't in the US or dealing with US costs. One of the reasons many around the world seek to emigrate to the US is for American salaries and only realize when they're in the US that the cost of living in the US is often much higher than "back home".