Neel Nanda shares claims that former OpenAI employees were fired and questions the reasons for the dismissal
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Neel Nanda retweeted @j_asminewang's account, in which she said she was fired by OpenAI last week along with two safety colleagues, with the stated reason being access to an executive's email. Nanda said that if these claims hold up factually and no important context is missing, this is completely insufficient grounds for firing, and questioned OpenAI.
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If this is all factually correct and not missing major context, this is a completely unacceptable reason to fire someone. WTF OpenAI?!
OpenAI fired me last week, along with two of my safety colleagues. I was given one reason: that I accessed an executive's email. I want to say this plainly, because too many of OpenAI’s history is smoke and mirrors when people disappear:View the quoted post on X