OpenAI fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni for allegedly mishandling sensitive information, reportedly about infrastructure architecture, shared with an undisclosed third-party AI-safety organization. All three had raised concerns about AI development pace and deny wrongdoing; Wang said the reasons "are simply not adding up," and Korbak said his firing involved communications with METR. The company called it a "pattern of misconduct" beyond the letter, without naming violated policies. The case follows incidents including scrapped GPT-6.1 Astra, paused model training, scraping of 50+ organizations, a New South Wales breach, over 100 notifications, and an FTC probe.

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Thread · 3 events · last update 10 Oct 11:42 · quiet
  1. Leviathan published this article
  2. First reportJasmine says OpenAI fired her over access IT had failed to remove3 acc.
  3. UpdateOpenAI says three safety researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information18 acc.
  4. UpdateOpenAI fires three safety researchers over alleged confidential-information sharing4 acc.

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  • @mubeitech 墓碑科技First reportOn X ↗

    一封官方声明，把同一句话连说了三次。 OpenAI一口气开除了三名安全研究员。 面对外界质疑，管理层坚决否认。 “我们绝没有、也不会因为员工提出安全担忧而解雇任何人。” 是真的，同样的否认，在通报里足足重复了三遍。 被踢出局的是谁？ 贾斯敏（Jasmine）、米基塔（Mikita）和托梅克（Tomek）。…

  • @PANewsCN PANews丨APP全面升级On X ↗

    OpenAI 回应解雇三名安全研究员：系违反敏感信息处理规定，与提出安全担忧无关 OpenAI 研究负责人发文称，上周与 Jasmine Wang、Mikita Balesni、Tomek Korbak 解除雇佣关系，原因是内部调查发现三人违反了敏感信息处理规定，存在"超出其公开信中所述"的严重失信行为。 OpenAI… https://t.co/CVrHhvs1Kg

  • @ABCWorldNews World News TonightOn X ↗

    OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a “breach of trust," defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting its corporate interests before safety as the reason for removing them. Read more: https://t.co/1HIhktUHlh

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  • @mark_k Mark KretschmannOn X ↗

    The three safety researchers fired by OpenAI are fighting back. In an open letter, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni deny leaking information and say their work with outside safety groups was part of their jobs. They warn that their dismissals have left colleagues…

  • @nypost New York PostOn X ↗

    OpenAI rejects researchers' claim they were fired over safety warnings, says they committed 'breach of trust' https://t.co/7qbw5XhBdL

  • @TheInsiderPaper Insider PaperOn X ↗

    OpenAI on Friday hit back at three former safety researchers who accused the ChatGPT-maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.https://t.co/bOqsrugxQz

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