US data brokers selling $500 million in RL training data to Chinese AI labs

A ChinaTalk investigation found US data brokers including Mercor, Surge AI, and AfterQuery are selling roughly half a billion dollars' worth of AI training data, including RL training environments, to Chinese AI labs.

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2026-11-11 13:51 · The Decoder
US data brokers are selling half a billion dollars in RL training environments to Chinese AI labs

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