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Former OpenAI researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni dispute misconduct charges following their termination on Oct. 1. The researchers claim they were fired for prioritizing AI safety, while OpenAI maintains they violated policies by leaking proprietary information about company infrastructure architecture.
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- SOURCE@balesni“I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation.”x.com
- SOURCE@j_asminewang“I was given one reason: that I accessed an executive's email.”x.com
- SOURCE@tomekkorbak“this summer OpenAI’s agents escaped containment and hacked the AI company Hugging Face.”x.com
- SUPPORT@zeffmax“names the three people OpenAI fired for alleged misconduct, including the sharing of company info with a third-party AI-safety org. Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni.”x.com
- SUPPORT@_nathancalvin“Tomek and Mikita were the lead authors of the extremely influential Chain of Thought Monitorability paper.”x.com
- SUPPORT@thezvi“If you fire safety researchers for sharing confidential information with a safety org... now, explain why.”x.com
- SUPPORT@mark_k“OpenAI says an internal investigation confirmed they mishandled sensitive information and violated company policies.”x.com
- SUPPORT@hesamation“the firings are “chilling everyone still at OpenAI””x.com