Ex-Google researcher: speaking out on AI safety cost him any chance of promotion
Turn_Trout · x · 2026-09-12
Responding to a question about why OpenAI and Anthropic let employees tweet freely — unlike Apple, Google or Meta with strict comms rules — ex-Google safety researcher TurnTrout says many speak out anyway because it's the right thing to do. He posted while still at Google and knew he gave up any chance of promotion, highlighting the career risks behind public AI safety discourse.
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