OpenAI Safety Researcher Says He and Two Others Were Fired

Summary

Mikita Balesni says in an X post that he and two other safety researchers were fired from OpenAI last week. He says the three researchers wrote a letter to the company’s leadership. Balesni states that he believes the dismissals happened because they prioritized safety over OpenAI’s near-term interests as a corporation. The post presents this as his belief and does not provide further details about the letter, the company’s response, or the circumstances of the firings.