OpenAI坚持解雇三名 AI 安全研究员的决定

OpenAI在一项调查认定三名安全研究员构成“重大信任违背”后，仍坚持解雇他们的决定。

该公司周五在 X 上发布的帖子中表示，Jasmine Wang、Tomek Korbak和Mikita Balesni因违反“处理敏感信息的明确政策”而被解雇。OpenAI坚称，这一决定并非因为三人公开批评公司或表达对 AI 安全的担忧。

这篇帖子是对研究员周四发布的一封公开信的直接回应。三人在信中敦促OpenAI更透明地说明这一决定。在公开信以及一系列社交媒体帖子中，这个团队表示，他们相信自己是因为提出安全担忧而被解雇，并称自己“始终按照OpenAI的使命行事，也遵守了当时的工作规范”。

OpenAI表示，内部调查发现的违规行为“超出了公开信中所述的范围”，但未提供具体细节。

继今年发生一系列备受关注的违规事件后，AI公司内部员工对前沿系统的安全性日益担忧，其中最引人注目的是OpenAI对Hugging Face的黑客攻击。如今，许多员工呼吁企业放缓脚步，并采取更多措施防范构建自我改进系统可能带来的后果。

OpenAI is standing firm on its decision to fire three safety researchers after an investigation found they committed “a significant breach of trust.”

In a post on X on Friday, the company said Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita ⁠Balesni were dismissed for violating “clear policies on handling sensitive information.” It insisted the decision was not about the trio speaking out about the company and their concerns about AI safety.

The post is a direct response to an open letter the researchers published on Thursday urging OpenAI to be more transparent about the decision. In it and a series of social media posts, the group said they believed they were fired for raising safety concerns and had “acted in line with OpenAI’s mission and within the working norms of the time.”

OpenAI said an internal investigation uncovered breaches “beyond what’s outlined in the letter,” but did not provide details.

The safety of frontier systems has become an increasing concern for staff inside AI companies following a series of high profile breaches this year, most notably OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face. Many staff are now calling for companies to slow down and do more to guard against the potential consequences of building self-improving systems.