OpenAI Fires Researchers Researchers After Alleged Information-Sharing - WSJ

The three employees worked on the company's safety team. They were named in the report as Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni.

The report attributes its account to people familiar with the matter, who are not named. It does not identify the third-party AI-safety organization that allegedly received the information, and the confidential material said to have been shared is not described. The excerpt does not state when the terminations took place or how they were carried out, and does not indicate whether the three researchers have responded. No comment from OpenAI or from the individuals named appears in the account.

All three are described as having worked on OpenAI's safety team. The conduct at issue is described as the sharing of confidential company information with a third-party AI-safety organization, and the report says the firings followed 'alleged information-sharing.' It also does not say whether OpenAI has made any public statement about the terminations, and the identity of the organization, the nature of the information, and the date of the firings are not provided.