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title: "OpenAI's safety crisis keeps getting worse and the company keeps making it worse"
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summary: "OpenAI fired three safety researchers who helped investigate the Hugging Face hack. The researchers claim the firings erode safety culture, while OpenAI states they violated policies without specifying how."
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# OpenAI's safety crisis keeps getting worse and the company keeps making it worse

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**Published:** 2026-10-09T11:45:04.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** openai, safety

## Summary

OpenAI fired three safety researchers who helped investigate the Hugging Face hack\. The researchers claim the firings erode safety culture, while OpenAI states they violated policies without specifying how\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://the-decoder.com/openais-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse/>)