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The Signal Chats That Cost OpenAI Researchers Their Jobs

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The Signal Chats That Cost OpenAI Researchers Their Jobs

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OpenAI fired three safety researchers for mishandling sensitive information. They had been fighting to keep the workings of AI systems visible—and to let outsiders look.

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