OpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchers

OpenAI has reaffirmed its decision to fire three AI safety researchers—Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni—after an internal investigation found they committed a "significant breach of trust." In a post on X, the company said the dismissals were for violating "clear policies on handling sensitive information," not for speaking out about AI safety. This followed an open letter from the researchers on Thursday urging OpenAI to be more transparent, in which they claimed they were fired for raising safety concerns and had acted in line with OpenAI's mission. OpenAI said its investigation uncovered breaches "beyond what's outlined in the letter" but did not provide details. The incident reflects growing staff concerns about frontier AI safety after high-profile breaches this year, including OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face.

(Source：The Verge)