Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Say They Were Pushed Out over ‘Suspicious’ Circumstances
The researchers denied leaking sensitive information and said the firings could deter internal reporting and outside safety collaboration.
- On Thursday, safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni published an open letter denying OpenAI's claims they mishandled sensitive information after their dismissal last week.
- OpenAI announced it had 'parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information,' though researchers argue this suppresses essential safety collaboration.
- The researchers expressed concern about preserving CoT monitoring for GPT-6 Astra, citing the system card warning that 'Astra class models could evade our CoT monitors under adversarial conditions.'
- OpenAI representatives told the Wall Street Journal the firings 'were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out,' while Wang claimed the reasons 'are not adding up.'
- Warning that 'you can't build AGI safely if the people closest to the risks are afraid to speak,' the authors urged OpenAI to protect internal dissent and essential safety work.
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Fired OpenAI staffers say safety warnings led to dismissal
SAN FRANCISCO — Three former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, reigniting the debate over safety at a company whose software has been involved in security breaches. “I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation,” one of the fired staffers, Mikita Balesni, wrote on X, breaking a weeklo…
Ex-staff say OpenAI fired them for raising concerns
Three former OpenAI security researchers have accused the ChatGPT-maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, reigniting the debate over safety at a company whose software has been involved in security breaches. "I believe we were fired for prioritising safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation," one of the fired staffers, Mikita Balesni, wrote on X, breaking a week-long silence since their…
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Three OpenAI security investigators say they were fired from the company and openly question the motives.
Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Three OpenAI safety researchers say they were fired from the company and are openly questioning the reasons for their dismissals.The three researchers, Mikita Balesni, Tomak Korbak and Jasmine Wang, all worked on AI safety or alignment within the company, making sure the AI systems did what their human operators
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