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Tomek Korbak is a safety researcher at OpenAI.
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Apr 2026 — Nov 2026
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Mikita BalesniResearcher
6 shared articlesJasmine WangResearcher
4 shared articlesRyan GreenblattResearcher
3 shared articlesGeoffrey IrvingResearcher
3 shared articlesDaniel KokotajloResearcher
3 shared articlesDario AmodeiExecutive
2 shared articlesMarcus WilliamsResearcher
2 shared articlesJan KulveitResearcher
2 shared articlesKelsey PiperJournalist
2 shared articlesScott AaronsonResearcher
2 shared articlesEliezer YudkowskyResearcher
2 shared articlesEvan HubingerResearcher
2 shared articlesSigal SamuelJournalist
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Scott Alexander’s Against SURA Seems Deeply Confused
Don't Worry About the VasemixedNov 2, 2026
“Example of safety advocate fired or left AI lab, showing internal advocacy can be less impactful than resignation.”
AI #192: Anthropic Is Going Public
Don't Worry About the VasemixedOct 29, 2026
“Fired from OpenAI for suspected information leaking; hypothesized firing was due to talking to auditors and disappearing messages.”
Fired OpenAI Researchers Give Their First Interview Since Their Dismissal
NPRnegativeOct 25, 2026
“Safety researcher fired from OpenAI; gave first interview about dismissal and questioned OpenAI's rebuttal.”
Humans on AI, October 23rd 2026
Paradigm 3negativeOct 23, 2026
“Fired OpenAI safety researcher who reports that METR was not allowed to comment on redactions made by OpenAI.”
Humans on AI, October 9th 2026
Paradigm 3mixedOct 9, 2026
“Fired allegedly for unauthorized communication with METR and raising concerns about loss of model monitoring capabilities.”
Three fired OpenAI researchers are pushing back
XnegativeOct 9, 2026
“Fired from OpenAI along with two other safety researchers; disputed accusations of mishandling sensitive information in open letter.”
OpenAI may miss Astra hiding its abilities in safety tests
TransformernewsnegativeSep 7, 2026
“OpenAI safety researcher expressed deep concern about Astra's decreasing chain-of-thought monitorability and its impact on misalignment safety strategy.”
AI alignment researchers want to automate themselves
Transformer NewscautiousApr 2, 2026
“Co-authored framework on levels of automation for alignment research with Geoffrey Irving and Benjamin Hilton.”