Three firings and a fourth departure shake up OpenAI's safety team

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OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers who allegedly leaked confidential information to an outside AI safety organization, according to the Wall Street Journal. The paper identifies them as Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni.

Korbak worked on the safety team, while Wang and Balesni worked on alignment. An OpenAI spokesperson said an investigation confirmed violations of the company's rules for handling sensitive company information. OpenAI didn't confirm the names.