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Fired OpenAI Safety Researchers Speak Out + We Look Inside Pandora’s Box

Fired OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak give us their first interview since their dramatic dismissal. They take us inside the company during METR’s investigation into the Hugging Face hack, explain why OpenAI’s rebuttal doesn’t add up, and describe how the fight over AI safety is still playing out inside the company. Plus, we…

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  1. Why Were Two OpenAI Safety Researchers Fired? at 1:28

    Casey Newton says OpenAI fired Mikita Balesni, Tomek Korbak, and their colleague Jasmine Wang in early October, saying they had violated policies for handling… Full answer

  2. How Long Did METR Stay at OpenAI? at 6:20

    Tomek Korbak says METR was on the premises of OpenAI for six full days. The visit was supposed to last two days. Full answer

  3. Did OpenAI Safety Researchers Show Their Phones? at 11:40

    Mikita Balesni says that a week before he and his colleagues were fired, OpenAI pulled them into a security investigation about a leak of OpenAI IP to… Full answer

  4. What Did Tomek Korbak Say About Proving Innocence at OpenAI? at 16:20

    Tomek Korbak says he and Mikita Balesni both had disappearing messages turned on. Full answer

  5. What Did the OpenAI Safety Letter Recommend? at 30:03

    Mikita Balesni says the letter to OpenAI's board asked OpenAI to keep working with embedded auditors, to prevent the loss of monitorability, and to… Full answer

  6. What Is a Regenerative Urban Energy Center? at 35:40

    Jared Krieger, the CEO of KG Growth Partners, said a bid for a downtown San Francisco mall is not a data center in the traditional sense. Full answer

  7. What Did Elon Musk Pledge to Every Kid? at 37:30

    Casey Newton says Elon Musk pledged on Monday to give one share of his company SpaceX to every kid in America next year. Full answer

  8. How Did Four Gemini Agents Beat Minecraft? at 46:00

    Kevin Roose says Google DeepMind reported that four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without any human help in 27 hours and 14 minutes, costing $1,620 at… Full answer

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