{"slug": "openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse", "title": "OpenAI's safety crisis keeps getting worse and the company keeps making it worse", "summary": "OpenAI fired three safety researchers who had helped investigate the Hugging Face hack, and the researchers said in an open letter that the firings are scaring remaining staff and eroding OpenAI's safety culture. OpenAI claims the three violated policies but has not said how. The dispute adds to an ongoing safety crisis at the company, according to The Decoder.", "body_md": "# OpenAI's safety crisis keeps getting worse and the company keeps making it worse\n\nBy Matthias BastianSource: \n\n[The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com)\n [OpenAI](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/openai) fired three safety researchers who helped investigate the [Hugging Face](https://www.machinebrief.com/glossary/hugging-face) hack. In an open letter, they warn that the firings are scaring remaining staff and eroding safety culture. OpenAI claims they violated policies but won't say how.\n\nThe article [OpenAI's safety crisis keeps getting worse and the company keeps making it worse](https://the-decoder.com/openais-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/openais-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-ke-ifhg", "published_at": "2026-10-09 11:45:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-09 11:51:59.073580+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Hugging Face", "Matthias Bastian", "The Decoder"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-s-safety-crisis-keeps-getting-worse-and-the-company-keeps-making-it-worse.jsonld"}}