Incident2026-10-07

Three fired OpenAI researchers wrote to the board. They asked OpenAI to work with outside safety auditors. They also asked the company to preserve the ability to monitor AI reasoning. They warned AI companies may lose the ability to track model chain-of-thought. The letter was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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