Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni, and Jasmine Wang informed The Wall Street Journal that their employment at OpenAI was terminated after the company discovered disappearing messages on the Signal platform during a conversation with Ryan Greenblatt. Greenblatt is a former chief scientist at Redwood Research, an AI safety evaluator. OpenAI has reportedly accused Greenblatt of leaking details regarding its Astra AI model to The Information, a claim Greenblatt has refuted.
In a statement to the publication, OpenAI clarified that the researchers were dismissed specifically for breaching "clear policies for handling sensitive information." The company emphasized that the terminations were "not for raising safety concerns or speaking out."
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