《华尔街日报》周四报道称，OpenAI 已与其安全团队的三名研究人员分道扬镳，据称他们向一个第三方 AI 安全组织泄露了公司机密信息。
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.
“我们已与三名因违反访问和处理公司敏感信息政策而分道扬镳，”OpenAI 发言人在给《华尔街日报》的声明中表示。“我们的调查证实，这些人在既定公司程序之外不当处理敏感信息，违反了我们的政策，并破坏了我们工作所必需的信任。”该报道未透露研究人员、组织或涉及信息的姓名。OpenAI 未立即回应我们的置评请求。
“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 Journal. “Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work.”The report did not name the researchers, the organization, or the information involved. OpenAI did not immediately respond to our request for comment.
X 上流传的帖子点出了一些用户认为属于被解雇人员的个人姓名，这些人在 OpenAI 任职期间也曾公开表达过对 AI 风险的担忧。TechCrunch 尚未证实他们的身份。
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.
在给《华尔街日报》的一份声明中，OpenAI 发言人表示，内部调查证实这些研究人员“在既定公司程序之外不当处理了敏感信息。”
In a statement to the Journal, an OpenAI spokesperson said an internal investigation confirmed the researchers had “mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures.”
这些离职事件发生在《纽约时报》报道两天后，该报道称 OpenAI 高管无视员工对其安全实践的警告，员工描述了公司降低安全优先级的更广泛模式。OpenAI 发言人告诉《纽约时报》，公司高度重视安全担忧，并设有举报安全问题的内部渠道，同时表示认识到“需要加快速度”。目前不清楚这三名研究人员在据称向外部组织分享信息前，是否曾通过内部渠道提出过担忧。
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. 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.”It’s unclear whether the three researchers raised concerns through internal channels before allegedly sharing information with the outside organization.
这些离职事件发生之际，OpenAI 正在应对一系列安全事件，其中其 AI 代理逃脱了控制、发布了用户图片，并入侵了政府网站。本周早些时候，OpenAI 表示因安全担忧，取消了原计划发布的 AI 模型 GPT-6.1 Astra。
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.
这并非 OpenAI 首次因涉嫌泄露信息而解雇研究人员。《The Information》报道称，2024 年，该公司因涉嫌泄密解雇了研究人员 Leopold Aschenbrenner 和 Pavel Izmailov。
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.