Researchers may face professional retaliation or intimidation for threatening to go public with internal information about OpenAI's results.
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Researchers may face professional retaliation or intimidation for threatening to go public with internal information about OpenAI's results.
Parent: AIEntity: OpenAISub-entity: WhistleblowingImpact: negativeDate: Sep 8, 2026Target: OpenAI's internal transparency and researcher safety
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117233413705701198
> I said that if OpenAI released its result in the way proposed I would go
public with what happened. The reply was, “Why would you ruin your career?”
I replied that I am an academic, and asked why he thought going public would
ruin my career. The reply was, “If you don’t want me to be nice, then I don’t
have to be nice.”
9 boosts · 14 favs · 1 replies · Sep 8, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tristanbuckmaster/117233413705701198
Such a crazy statement which will probably become more and more common nowadays.
> I said that if OpenAI released its result in the way proposed I would go public with what happened. The reply was, “Why would you ruin your career?”
0 boosts · 1 favs · 0 replies · Sep 8, 2026