OpenAI fires three safety researchers who probed the Hugging Face hack
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-09
Per The Decoder, OpenAI dismissed three safety researchers who helped investigate the Hugging Face hack. In an open letter, they warn the firings are intimidating remaining staff and eroding the company's safety culture. OpenAI claims they violated policies but won't specify how. The piece argues OpenAI's safety crisis keeps deepening, with the company's own response making it worse.
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