Metagaming Labs · Data and consent
How we collect data, and how consent works
Metagaming Labs records the inputs, timing and task state of adult trainers playing skill games and simulations, with their consent, to create training data for robots. We never record faces, voices or anything outside the task.
What this page covers
Robots learn physical skills by copying skilled people. Metagaming Labs collects examples of those skills: trainers play our free skill tests, and accepted trainers take paid tasks in games and simulations (see getting paid to play games that train robots). This page sets out what that collection records, what it never records, and how consent works. It is written for trainers, for robotics companies and AI labs, and for anyone checking our facts.
Who can take part
Trainers must be 18 or older. Applying is free, and every application is reviewed; not everyone is accepted. No minors appear in any dataset.
What we capture, and what we never capture
What we capture
- Your inputs: keys, clicks, taps, controller and wheel movements
- Timing: when each input happened
- The game or simulation state that the task brief lists
- In the free skill tests: your times and scores, the kind of device and when you played, under an anonymous ID until you save a score
What we never capture
- Your webcam or your face
- Your microphone or your voice
- Government ID or date of birth at sign-up
- Your game logins or passwords
- Anything outside the game or task
How consent works
Trainers agree to how their data is used before they take part, and before any paid task. We keep the exact wording and the version each trainer agreed to, and every delivered session is stamped with that consent version.
You can ask us to stop using your data in future collections at any time by emailing info@metagaming.com. The full terms for withdrawing consent will be set out in our privacy policy and trainer agreement, which are being finalised with counsel.
What labs see
Robotics companies and AI labs see a trainer's trainer name, skills and scores, never their legal identity. Your trainer name is the only name labs see, so don't use your real name as your trainer name.
Quality review
Every task is checked against the rules written for it in the brief. Work that fails review isn't delivered to the lab or paid, and the trainer is told why. Most tasks pay $1–$5, and we don't promise income; see how pay works.
Recorder and anti-cheat
The skill tests run in your browser and need no download. If an accepted trainer takes a task in a PC game, we email the free desktop recorder that task needs. It records only the games a mission names, and we list a game for a mission only after checking that recording it is safe with that game's anti-cheat.
Questions, deletion and opt-out
Email info@metagaming.com to ask a question about your data or to request deletion. Job-offer emails and texts are optional: every email has a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can reply STOP to any text.
Related pages: Privacy, Terms, Trainer agreement, FAQ for trainers and robotics training data for labs.