Incident · Monday 26 October 2026 · story 6
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute leak claims and lack written details
THE DECODER reports that Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni, and Jasmine Wang contest OpenAI's leak claims after being fired. In Wall Street Journal interviews, they said OpenAI never identified in writing what they mishandled and warned the case could deter outside safety auditors.
Why it matters. It may make teams less willing to work with outside safety auditors or speak up about how AI models are monitored.
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