THE SIGNAL CHATS THAT COST OPENAI RESEARCHERS THEIR JOBS

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Three OpenAI safety researchers were fired after security officers discovered Signal chats with disappearing messages turned on on their personal devices. OpenAI claimed the researchers were fired for violating clear policies for handling sensitive information and not for raising safety concerns or speaking out. The researchers had spent recent months at the company pushing for more industry collaboration on safety. They claim their firings will serve as an excuse for OpenAI to close a channel to independent third-party insight.