OpenAI Criticized for Firing Staff Who Contacted METR

Commentator gleech slammed OpenAI's firing of safety staff who communicated with METR, comparing it to adversarially training against a monitor and calling the gap between OpenAI's statements and actions itself a warning signal.

2026-10-15 ~ 2026-10-15 · 2 related posts

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