Reuters: OpenAI Staff Warned for Years About Security Lapses in Its Monorepo
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-04
According to Reuters, OpenAI stored most of its code in a single monorepo, meaning anyone with code access could read details of many projects, including sensitive ones unrelated to their own work.
- Staff warned leadership for years; complaints reached executives and the board
- Some staff concluded that keeping up with Google and Anthropic took priority over fixing security
- OpenAI says model weights and much of its most sensitive work sit outside the monorepo
The attached Reuters screenshot also references a case where an OpenAI engineer allegedly placed a recording device behind a conference room TV, investigated by US federal agents.
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