Oct 2 2026

OpenAI's safety-systems lead resigns days after the company fired three safety researchers

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Original reporting

David Robinson, who worked on system cards, resigned; the dismissed researchers were named in reporting as Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, with Korbak identifying himself as OpenAI's technical contact for METR's investigation.

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