OpenAI fired researchers' public rebuttal

Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni published an open letter identifying themselves as the three OpenAI safety researchers dismissed the previous week. They disputed the implication that their outside safety work exceeded their job mandates and denied being the source of a reported leak about model architectures. They also argued that unclear rules could discourage remaining staff from raising concerns. TechCrunch reported that an OpenAI internal memo denied retaliation, while the company did not answer the publication’s detailed questions about the alleged policy breaches.