WSJ: OpenAI Parts Ways With Three Employees Over Mishandled Confidential Info

ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-10-02

The Wall Street Journal's Keach Hagey reports that OpenAI has parted ways with three employees — Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni — over allegedly mishandling confidential company information.

Korbak had served as the technical contact for Redwood Research and METR during their investigation of the Hugging Face incident. The report is a rolling scoop by Hagey with @berberjin1 and @ZeffMax.

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