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OpenAI says it parted ways with three researchers over mishandled sensitive information

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Source: AFP via The Star

OpenAI said it had parted ways with three individuals after an investigation found they mishandled sensitive information outside company procedures. The Wall Street Journal named them as Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, and the Journal and Bloomberg reported that at least two worked on safety and alignment; AFP reported the cases involved work with an outside organisation that evaluates AI models.

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Researchers reported to work on safety at a frontier lab left after an investigation into mishandled sensitive information, in cases that reportedly involved an outside model evaluator.

When
1 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0139
Who
OpenAI

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from AFP via The Star. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2026-0139: “OpenAI says it parted ways with three researchers over mishandled sensitive information.” wheresthe.ai, 1 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/openai-fires-three-researchers-2026-10/ (source: AFP via The Star).

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