OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers
Reveals internal tensions at a major AI company between safety advocacy and corporate priorities, important for builders considering OpenAI's ecosystem.
AI Summary
OpenAI fired three safety researchers who claim it was retaliation for safety advocacy, not the 'mishandling sensitive information' reason given by the company.
Excerpt
Three OpenAI safety researchers, Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang, were fired, ostensibly for ‘mishandling sensitive company information.’ Those employees have published an open letter. The employees have said they believe they were fired for safety advocacy, and that the reasons given were pretextual. The letter calls upon OpenAI to take actions going forward on open discussion and safety auditing, which OpenAI says they strongly support. OpenAI responded, saying there was an addit