Exit interviews: why safety researchers quit OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind
Tinac4 · reddit · 2026-10-06
New York Magazine's Intelligencer publishes exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind, asking what it's like when your employer could destroy the world. The piece details why safety researchers quit, their grievances with frontier-lab safety practices, and where they stand now in the AI safety debate.
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