OpenAI reportedly fires safety researchers over leaking confidential info to outside org
mark_k · x · 2026-10-02
Per WSJ, OpenAI fired three researchers from its safety team after an internal investigation allegedly found they shared confidential company information with an outside AI safety organization and violated company policies. Commentator markk argues that "AI safety" work is no moral exemption from the rules, calling the firings reasonable if the allegations hold.
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