Ex-OpenAI Researcher: Altman Agreed With My Safety Concerns, Then Acted Against Them
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-12
Daniel Kokotajlo, ex-OpenAI alignment researcher, tells The Free Press: "Sam Altman would tell me that he wholeheartedly agreed with my concerns and then act in a way that contradicted them." Critics note that when your handpicked safety/alignment people keep quitting in disgust year after year, the premise wears thin — a continuation of the trust controversy around OpenAI's safety team exodus.
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