OpenAI defends decision to fire researchers: 'These decisions were not about raising safety concerns or speaking out'

Summary

OpenAI defended its decision to fire three safety researchers, Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, saying they had committed a "significant breach of trust" and violated clear policies on handling sensitive information. The company said the firings were not about the researchers raising safety concerns, and it agreed with the ethos of their letter about "preserving the monitorability of frontier models."

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