OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and a major player in artificial intelligence development, is facing an internal crisis marked by the departure of security researchers and questions about the management of AI-related risks. On October 2, 2026, the *AFP* news agency, cited by *nieuwsblad.be*, revealed that OpenAI had fired three of its AI security researchers. These departures come at a time when concerns about the potential dangers of AI, including existential risk, are increasingly acute within the tech community. According to OpenAI, these researchers were dismissed for having "violated our policies regarding access and handling of sensitive company information," accusing them of handling this information "outside of established procedures" and thus breaking trust.
Western sources (Popular/Generalist, Neutral/News Agency) both confirm that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has dismissed AI security researchers as part of a cost-saving restructuring. The popular/generalist source is more explicit about the dismissal and the economic reasons, while the news agency is more concise, but the information...
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