OpenAI defends firing of three safety researchers
OpenAI says it fired three safety researchers for a "significant breach of trust" and not for raising safety concerns.
OpenAI has defended its decision to fire three safety researchers. The company says they committed "a significant breach of trust."
The Verge reports that OpenAI said so in a post on X on Friday. It named the three as Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni. The company said they were dismissed for violating "clear policies on handling sensitive information." The Verge says OpenAI reached this conclusion after an investigation.
CNBC's headline quotes OpenAI as saying the decisions "were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out." The reports provided do not give the full text of the company's statement.
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- CNBCOpenAI defends decision to fire researchers: 'These decisions were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out'Fri, Oct 9, 3:23 AM EDT
- The VergeOpenAI doubles down on decision to fire three AI safety researchersFri, Oct 9, 5:48 AM EDT
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