AIToday
AI Safety & AlignmentAI Business & IndustryLessWrong AIPublished: Oct 13, 2026, 13:00 JST

OpenAI fires safety researchers Tomek Korbak, Balesni and Wang

OpenAI fires safety researchers Tomek Korbak, Balesni and Wang

OpenAI fired safety researchers Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang, citing 'mishandling sensitive company information.' The three published an open letter saying they believe they were fired for safety advocacy and that the stated reasons were pretextual.

Not sure about something? Ask the AI

Questions and answers are published on this page.

Summaries like this, in your inbox every morning.

AI news that matters for your work, delivered every morning.

Pick your industry and the AI tools you use, and get news related to your work every day.

Free · 30 seconds with Google · unsubscribe anytimeWhat is AIToday? →

Ask AI

Ask AI anything about this article. The AI reads this article, earlier AIToday articles, and Wikipedia, and cites its sources. Q&As are published on this page for other readers too.

Questions and answers are published on this page.

Related Articles

Next articleTMLR desk rejection in 2 days, no comment: author asks what next