Ex-Meta researcher: tech firm controls make peeking at user data near impossible
rasbt · x · 2026-09-08
- Nat Lambert argues there's a 0% chance researchers at OpenAI or Anthropic directly look at specific users' data: internal controls at tech companies are extremely strict — at Meta, employees were essentially fired immediately for doing so.
- Sebastian Raschka adds that Google has an even more elaborate multi-step, multi-approver process: a person can't just access the data and needs a second person's approval.
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