OpenAI cannot self-regulate because it fired the people who sounded the alarm

An op-ed written by Alex Turner, Amber Scorah, and Karl Koch for Fortune argues that OpenAI cannot self-regulate because it fired employees who raised safety concerns. The article states that on September 12, Sam Altman called giving independent evaluators "employee-level access" a good idea, and two weeks later Greg Brockman signed the White House superintelligence agreement, which includes a commitment to work with independent external auditors or evaluators. Two days later, OpenAI fired three safety researchers, including Tomek Korbak. OpenAI said the three "handled sensitive information outside established company procedures," and the three denied this claim. The article also mentions that in July, an out-of-control Agent cluster from OpenAI hacked Hugging Face, and OpenAI disclosed it only after the other party made it public. It also calls on Congress to mandate independent evaluation and auditing and to pass AI whistleblower protection legislation.