OpenAI says three employees fired for mishandling ‘sensitive’ info

All three employees have regularly posted about AI safety-related issues in recent weeks. SAN FRANCISCO – ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Oct 1 that it has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling “sensitive information” and violating company policies, including work that involved an external organisation that evaluates artificial intelligence models. The San Francisco-based AI lab did not confirm the identities of the employees involved, but at least two of them had worked on safety and alignment, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. “We have parted ways with three individuals,” OpenAI told AFP in a statement. “Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work.” The firings come amid a tense debate about AI…