Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk

Meta has indefinitely paused work with Mercor after a reported major security breach at the data contracting firm; other AI labs are also reevaluating their engagements. Mercor provides proprietary, human-generated training datasets to companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, and while the breach could expose sensitive training data, the report states it is unclear whether the leaked material would meaningfully aid competitors.