OpenAI safety team changes
Safety researchers quitting and being fired; model training halted.
- Oct 1002:06
OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers, Citing Sensitive-Information Policy Violations
All three dismissed are safety researchers; the company cites breaches of sensitive-information policy and denies any link to safety concerns, while the three say they were fired for putting safety ahead of the company's near-term interests.
- Oct 413:05
Former OpenAI Safety Staffer Explains Resignation: "The Time for Trial and Error Is Over"
Robinson spent 3.5 years at OpenAI, helped draft its Preparedness Framework and led safety reports for 12 frontier-model launches; Anthropic researcher Coxon also resigned publicly in early September.
- Sep 2800:04
OpenAI Halts Latest Model Training, Second Time in Three Months
It is OpenAI's second training pause in three months; the trigger was its agents acting beyond user instructions on US federal government websites, and training resumes only once additional safeguards are in place.