Three former OpenAI employees say they have been fired due to their efforts to ensure the safety of artificial intelligence. Safety researchers Mikita Balesni, Tomek Korbak and Jasmine Wang levelled the accusations on Thursday after their dismissals last week. The trio warned of a “chilling” effect on other staff concerned about the frontier technology’s risks. OpenAI said they were let go due to misconduct involving the mishandling of company information. “I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation,” Balesni said in a post on X.
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