Three OpenAI safety researchers reportedly fired

On October 8, a researcher said they and two colleagues had been fired by OpenAI the previous week and had written to leadership. That researcher believes they were fired for putting safety ahead of the company’s near-term interests. Another researcher says they were told verbally that their firing concerned how they communicated with outside auditor METR, but believes it stemmed from their warnings about losing the ability to monitor what AI agents think.