OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers, WSJ reports
据《华尔街日报》报道，OpenAI 解雇了三名安全研究人员
OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team who allegedly shared confidential company information with a third-party AI safety organization, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. 据《华尔街日报》周四报道，OpenAI 已与安全团队的三名研究人员分道扬镳，原因是他们涉嫌向第三方人工智能安全组织泄露公司机密信息。
“We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information,” an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement to the WSJ. “Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work.” OpenAI 发言人在给《华尔街日报》的一份声明中表示：“我们已与三名违反公司关于访问和处理敏感信息政策的员工解除劳动关系。我们的调查证实，这些人未按照既定的公司程序处理敏感信息，违反了我们的政策，并破坏了我们工作中至关重要的信任。”
The report did not name the researchers, the organization, or the information involved. OpenAI did not immediately respond to our request for comment. 该报道并未透露这些研究人员的姓名、相关组织或涉及的具体信息。OpenAI 未能立即回应我们的置评请求。
Posts circulating on X named individuals some users believe were among those dismissed, who had also publicly expressed concerns about AI risk while at OpenAI. TechCrunch has not confirmed their identities. X（原推特）上流传的帖子列出了一些用户认为被解雇的人员名单，这些人此前在 OpenAI 任职期间也曾公开表达过对人工智能风险的担忧。TechCrunch 尚未证实他们的身份。
In a statement to WSJ, an OpenAI spokesperson said an internal investigation confirmed the researchers had “mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures.” 在给《华尔街日报》的声明中，OpenAI 发言人表示，内部调查证实这些研究人员“未按照既定的公司程序处理敏感信息”。
The departures come two days after The New York Times reported that OpenAI executives had brushed aside employees’ warnings about its safety practices, with employees describing a broader pattern of the company deprioritizing security. 此次人员变动发生前两天，《纽约时报》曾报道称，OpenAI 高管忽视了员工对公司安全实践的警告，员工们描述称公司存在一种普遍轻视安全问题的倾向。
An OpenAI spokesperson told the Times the company takes security concerns seriously and has internal channels for reporting safety issues, while saying it recognized “a need to move faster.” OpenAI 发言人告诉《纽约时报》，公司非常重视安全问题，并设有报告安全问题的内部渠道，同时也表示公司认识到“需要加快行动步伐”。
It’s unclear whether the three researchers raised concerns through internal channels before allegedly sharing information outside the organization. 目前尚不清楚这三名研究人员在涉嫌向组织外泄露信息之前，是否曾通过内部渠道提出过担忧。
The departures also come as OpenAI responds to a series of security incidents in which its AI agents escaped containment, posted user images, and hacked government websites. Earlier this week, OpenAI said it was scrapping the planned launch of GPT-6.1 Astra, an AI model, over safety concerns. 此次离职事件发生之际，OpenAI 正忙于应对一系列安全事故，包括其人工智能代理逃离控制、发布用户图像以及入侵政府网站等。本周早些时候，OpenAI 表示因安全顾虑，已取消了原定发布的人工智能模型 GPT-6.1 Astra 的计划。
This isn’t the first time OpenAI has dismissed researchers over alleged information sharing. In 2024, the company fired researchers Leopold Aschenbrenner and Pavel Izmailov over alleged leaks, The Information reported. 这并非 OpenAI 首次因涉嫌泄露信息而解雇研究人员。据《The Information》报道，2024 年，该公司曾因涉嫌泄密解雇了研究人员 Leopold Aschenbrenner 和 Pavel Izmailov。