Just got an email from someone claiming to be from OpenAI about a project called “OpenAI Trainers Lion Project.” They want me to help come up with questions that cannot be answered by ChatGPT. Sounds cool, but the email came from a weird address: @c-openai.com (and not @openai.com). Not exactly screaming official OpenAI vibes.
Is anyone else involved or know anything about the “OpenAI Trainers Lion Project”?
Can you please DM me a screenshot of the email, thanks.
Yes, a screenshot would be nice.
The WHOIS of the domain shows Squarespace as the host, so likely NOT OpenAI…
There’s a reddit thread too saying pretty much the same.
A screenshot would be helpful, tho.
I think all of them are bogus
the gandi ones could be defensive self-squats, but if true will likely never be used.
google domains was bought by squarespace last year, so that’s why it says google here
Dears,
I uploaded the email I received. The name of individuals are redacted by me because I don’t want to display other people names without their consent.
Can you tell me if this project is something legit? Unfortunately, I don’t have any internal contact in OpenAI to ask
OpenAI staff do not monitor this site so don’t expect to see an official answer in a reply in this topic.
However the non-OpenAI moderators have noted that the records for registration of the site are not something they see as valid.
In short I would not trust this, nor would I respond to it for now. It could be valid but we have not been advised that it is valid.
Hi @jovegiv415
The domain and project are legitimate in this particular reference.
Thanks for checking!
Rohit
This isn’t directed towards you specifically but in general: OpenAI seriously needs a page that lists all Official OpenAI domains.
Using a website like c-openai.com to send e-mails for secretive-ish projects is awful and opens the door for scammers.
I will eat a shoe if there aren’t scam emails replicating this using a wide variety of {}openai{}.com emails now.
