OpenAI defends its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying an investigation found they "violated clear policies on handling sensitive information" (Michael Considine/CNBC)

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1. SOURCE@keachhagey · Oct 2, 4:22 AM · “Korbak served as the technical contact for Redwood Research and METR in their investigation of the Hugging Face incident.” · x.com
2. SOURCE@openainewsroom · Oct 9, 1:17 PM · “We are actively finalizing contracts with third-party safety assessors and will announce details in the coming weeks.” · x.com
3. SOURCE@tomekkorbak · Oct 9, 1:34 AM · “I was told verbally I was fired because of the way I communicated with METR. No details on what I said or did or when. No other reasons were given and nothing was put in writing. To be clear, talking to METR was my job.” · x.com
4. SOURCE@j_asminewang · Oct 9, 1:28 AM · “OpenAI delegated that access to me for recruiting. When I no longer needed it, I asked IT to remove it. They did not action my request, I couldn't remove it myself, and the inbox was combined in an indistinguishable way in my phone’s mail app. When I opened a sensitive email by mistake, I told the executive within minutes and asked IT again. None of this was hidden.” · x.com
5. SUPPORT@kelseytuoc · Oct 9, 1:47 AM · “Korbak - whose job was being a liaison with METR - was told he had said too much to METR and was fired for that reason.” · x.com
6. SUPPORT@jeremyphoward · Oct 9, 8:37 AM · “Jasmine says that she accidentally accessed an executive's email that OpenAI had explicitly given her access to, even although she had explicitly requested that OpenAI remove her access, and IT had failed to do so.” · x.com
7. SUPPORT@neelnanda5 · Oct 9, 4:15 AM · “Firing him will have a chilling effect on anyone else at OpenAI working with third parties, an odd choice when Sam announced they'd embed evaluators with high access.” · x.com
8. SUPPORT@nypost · Oct 2, 2:17 AM · “OpenAI ousts 3 employees who allegedly shared confidential info with AI safety group” · x.com