Former OpenAI safety researchers ask for more transparency about their firings.

In a letter to OpenAI, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni push back on OpenAI’s claims that they shared confidential information with an outside AI safety group.

Former OpenAI safety researchers ask for more transparency about their firings.

TL;DR

  • Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang, and Mikita Balesni, former OpenAI safety researchers, have written a letter to OpenAI.
  • They dispute OpenAI's claims that they shared confidential information with an external AI safety group.
  • The researchers state they acted in accordance with OpenAI's mission.
  • They express concern that their dismissals could lead to the end of OpenAI's work with METR, an AI safety organization that investigated a hacking incident.