OpenAI reportedly fired 3 safety researchers over leak to external safety org
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-02
Rumors say OpenAI fired three safety researchers for sharing confidential information with a third-party AI safety organization. The poster speculates they leaked the 'German wiki incident' to the Nightingale Collective; if true, this amounts to whistleblowing, with OpenAI covering up incidents rather than informing the public. The author argues this shows frontier labs can't be expected to self-regulate under commercial pressure, with real risk of a race to the bottom. Note: unconfirmed rumor.
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