OpenAI and its researchers give conflicting accounts of the dismissals

Second: OpenAI and the researchers disagree about the reason for the dismissals. The company says that, after an investigation, it concluded that Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni violated clear policies for handling sensitive information. It denies firing them for raising safety concerns or speaking publicly. It also says it needs a high degree of trust to carry out its work. The researchers dispute that explanation. Balesni wrote that he believes all three were fired for putting safety ahead of OpenAI’s immediate interests as a company. According to the letter they published, he was working on OpenAI commitments to preserve the ability to monitor its models and had removed sensitive details from the materials before sharing them. That example shows where the accounts differ: the researchers describe communications related to their safety work; OpenAI says there were violations in the handling of information. The company has not publicly specified which particular conduct violated which policy. Based on what has been published, we cannot resolve that difference ourselves.

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