Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Dispute Their Dismissals In Open Letter

They said company communications around the firing may have made colleagues 'afraid to speak.'

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Three OpenAI safety researchers have posted an open letter to OpenAI disputing their dismissals. Jasmine Wang, Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak wrote that the "very public manner" of the company's communications around the firings could have a "chilling" effect on employees at a time when "the world's safety depends on them."

Last week, OpenAI dismissed three employees who allegedly shared information with an external AI…