OpenAI Defends Dismissal of Three Safety Researchers Over Sensitive-Information Policies

OpenAI said it dismissed three safety researchers after an internal investigation found violations of policies for handling sensitive information, while rejecting claims that the firings were tied to objections about AI safety. The dispute involving Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni has turned a personnel decision into a broader test of how frontier AI labs manage confidentiality, outside safety review and internal dissent.