OpenAI safety researchers say they were fired over disappearing Signal messages.
Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni, and Jasmine Wang tell The Wall Street Journal that OpenAI terminated them after finding disappearing messages on Signal in a chat with Ryan Greenblatt, the former chief scientist at AI safety evaluator Redwood Research. OpenAI reportedly accused Greenblatt of leaking details about its Astra AI model to The Information, which Greenblatt has denied.
TL;DR
- OpenAI terminated researchers Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni, and Jasmine Wang.
- The firings occurred after disappearing messages were found on Signal from a chat with Ryan Greenblatt.
- Greenblatt is the former chief scientist at AI safety evaluator Redwood Research.
- OpenAI reportedly accused Greenblatt of leaking details about its Astra AI model, which he denies.
- OpenAI stated the researchers were fired for violating policies on handling sensitive information, not for raising safety concerns.