OpenAI fires safety researchers, sparks culture clash

openai fired three safety researchers, jasmine wang, tomek korbak, and mikita balesni, last week for allegedly sharing confidential company information with a third-party ai safety organization. the researchers deny the firm's claims of misconduct, warning that their dismissal signals a chilling effect on ai safety work and open culture at openai. they also deny involvement in a leak to the information about openai's newest models. openai has not formally responded to the allegations but shared an internal memo praising the researchers' contributions to ai safety.