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Black Market for AI Training Accounts Thrives Online

12/1/2025

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Story summary
  • A black market for AI training accounts is emerging as Scale AI, Surge AI, and Mercor hire global contractors for chatbot training.
  • Business Insider found over 100 Facebook groups selling access to real and fake accounts for data-labeling tasks.
  • Despite bans on account reselling, verified accounts continue to surface on Facebook and WhatsApp.
  • Scale AI has faced fraudulent accounts and VPN misuse, underscoring risks to buyers, sellers, and firms.