OpenAI Whistleblower Claims Solo Safety Concerns, But Report Says Doom PR Firm Was Involved
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-25
The story
- In a Fox interview, Bret Baier pressed whistleblower Jacob (Coxon) on whether he worked with third parties. Coxon insisted the whistleblowing was "entirely my own personal concerns about safety."
- A Pirate Wires exclusive reports he had been working with PR firm DEY., which represents Eliezer Yudkowsky and other prominent AI doomers, and that DEY. had preemptively booked Nate Soares (MIRI founder) for interviews timed with Jacob's debut.
- The contradiction between the interview and the reporting raises questions about PR orchestration behind the AI-safety whistleblower story.
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