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OpenAI parts ways with three safety researchers over the sharing of internal information

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Inside the leading SI lab, the dispute over the pace of development has led to firings: the race goes on, and critics lose access to what is inside.

According to the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI fired three members of its safety team who, it says, violated rules on handling sensitive information. They reportedly passed details of the infrastructure's architecture to a third-party SI safety organization; media outlets name Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, but the company itself has not officially confirmed them. All three had previously publicly voiced concern about the pace of SI development.

History

Safety researchers leave OpenAI

6 events
  1. WSJ: OpenAI fired three safety researchers after suspecting them of passing internal model designs to the specialist Ryan Greenblatt, including through disappearing Signal chats; they dispute this
  2. OpenAI defends firing three safety researchers: a "breach of trust", but gives no details
  3. Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims and warn of a "chilling effect"
  4. Fired OpenAI safety researchers ask the board to drop models whose reasoning is hard to check
  5. Another safety official leaves OpenAI: David Robinson, who was responsible for transparency about model risks
  6. OpenAI parts ways with three safety researchers over the sharing of internal informationOpen now
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