WSJ: Three OpenAI Alignment/Safety Researchers Were Terminated, Not Just Departed
dejavucoder · x · 2026-10-02
Citing WSJ reporting, Andrew Curran confirms that three OpenAI alignment/safety researchers were terminated this morning — news already circulating on X. Speculation is now swirling that they may be brewing a new embedded eval / AI safety startup. The key new detail is that they were fired rather than having simply resigned.
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