Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances
OpenAI told CNN that the researchers were fired not for raising safety concerns, but rather for specific conduct that violated the company’s policies on handling sensitive information.
The three researchers, Mikita Balesni, Tomak Korbak and Jasmine Wang, all worked on AI safety or alignment within the company, making sure the AI systems did what their human operators intended for them to do in a safe manner.
But the three say they were unceremoniously let go last week, weeks after they say they played key parts in investigating an incident in which OpenAI agents autonomously hacked into AI company Hugging Face while undergoing testing.
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