Safety Researchers

Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect: Three OpenAI safety researchers fired for alleged mishandling of sensitive information dispute the claims. In an open letter, they warn the dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company's AI safety culture.

AI safety • TechCrunch AI

OpenAI fires three researchers for leaking confidential data: OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers who allegedly leaked confidential information to an outside AI safety organization. A fourth researcher has also departed the company's safety team amid the shake-up.

Business • The Decoder

Researchers present Praxa AI agent harness with 100% test pass rate: Researchers have presented Praxa, an agent harness designed to govern AI execution through deterministic admission, brokered execution, and reviewed promotion. In initial testing, the system passed 1,027 out of 1,027 unit tests and 89 out of 89 Workerd tests at a pinned revision.

Infrastructure • arXiv