Questions over the reported firing of three OpenAI safety employees

A commentator says three employees were central to recent OpenAI safety efforts, including “pacing the frontier,” the METR-Redwood Hugging Face investigation and work toward a cross-lab monitorability standard. They say the employees pushed OpenAI to improve internally and defended it when they thought outside criticism was unfair. The commentator calls for an “ironclad case” explaining why OpenAI reportedly fired all three at once.