OpenAI races to ship next flagship model amid fallout from safety researcher firings
steph_palazzolo · x · 2026-10-14
Per reporting by Stephanie Palazzolo with Aaron Holmes and Amir Efrati, OpenAI is all-hands-on-deck to get its next flagship model to a state where leadership feels it can be safely released. At the same time, the company is managing the fallout from the dismissals of three safety researchers.
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