OpenAI Reportedly Fired Three Safety Researchers Over Signal Disappearing Messages
j_asminewang · x · 2026-10-23
So8res reports OpenAI fired three safety researchers for using Signal disappearing messages—without prior warning that this was forbidden. Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo called the justification pretextual, noting Signal is standard in the AI industry and OpenAI auto-deletes many of its own messages; during the 2023 board crisis, pro-Altman organizing reportedly happened on Signal. Multiple researchers criticized the firings.
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