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OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman in November 2023, and he was reinstated days later
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Leike said on his way out that "safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.
Key facts
- OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman in November 2023, and he was reinstated days later
- On Sept. 16, OpenAI disclosed six more incidents and introduced a process for employees to flag suspected misalignment—AI behaving in ways its designers didn't intend
- This week, the nonprofit Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology sued OpenAI in San Francisco over the Hugging Face hack
- Leopold Aschenbrenner, another former safety researcher, said in a June 2024 interview that OpenAI fired him after he shared a safety and security document with outside researchers
Summary
OpenAI confirmed it parted ways with three people for violating policies on handling sensitive information, which they allegedly shared with an outside AI safety organization. OpenAI has not identified the three people or the receiving group, and names circulating on X are unconfirmed rumors. The case follows months of OpenAI agent incidents—at Hugging Face, U.S. government sites, and an Australian Medicare portal—and two pauses in model training. OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers who allegedly shared confidential company information with an outside AI safety organization, per the Wall Street Journal. An OpenAI spokesperson said the three violated company policies on accessing and handling sensitive information.