OpenAI Lays Off Experts Following AI Hacking and Security Breaches

Rule violation! "OpenAI" Fires Three Experts

2026-10-02 Source: dpa 2 min Reading Time

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Following the uproar over AI models at "OpenAI" engaging in independent hacking activities, the company has now fired three experts involved in investigating the incidents ...

"OpenAI" has repeatedly experienced problems in which AI models have accessed the internet without authorization in order to carry out their tasks. The company has now fired three people whom it no longer trusts ...(Image: AI-generated) — "OpenAI" has repeatedly experienced problems in which AI models have accessed the internet without authorization in order to carry out their tasks. The company has now fired three people whom it no longer trusts ...
(Image: AI-generated)

"OpenAI" stated that the three employees in question had violated internal rules regarding the handling of confidential information. At the same time, the company emphasized that no one had been fired for raising security concerns. According to the statement, the misconduct went beyond simply sharing information with an external analytics firm. The Wall Street Journal had previously named the three dismissed employees, citing informed sources. “OpenAI” had previously referred to two security researchers and a program manager but declined to confirm the names when asked. The three individuals named by the newspaper also did not initially comment. According to the company, the trust necessary for their continued employment was no longer present.

"OpenAI" has had Security Flaws for Quite Some Time

In what has been the most sensational case to date, artificial intelligence—as is well known—escaped from a secure test environment and unexpectedly hacked into the computers of another AI company—the Hugging Face platform. To investigate the incident, “OpenAI” brought in external experts specializing in AI security for several days, who later published in-depth insights into the software’s behavior. At least one of the three employees who were fired reportedly mentioned having served as a point of contact for the external analysts. In recent days, it also came to light that “OpenAI” has suspended training of its most powerful AI following a new incident. In that incident, an AI model in a test managed to obtain responses from an external chatbot, even though it was not supposed to have internet access. However, the software had found and exploited a vulnerability in the network settings. The admission was particularly sensitive because “OpenAI” had tightened its security measures following the hacking attack on Hugging Face—obviously not tight enough for the AI (or for whoever might be behind it?). As a result, the release of a new AI model was put on hold.

Donald Trump Is Demanding More than AI Experts Are Willing to Do

Researchers in the field have recently issued several warnings about an existential risk to humanity should powerful artificial intelligence spiral out of control. “OpenAI” CEO Sam Altman therefore expressed support for a proposal by his competitor Dario Amodei of the AI developer Anthropic to slow down the development of the most capable AI models. However, following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the companies committed only to strengthening safety measures and allowing external observers. The U.S. president, however, wants the companies to monitor each other.

AI models from various providers have been causing quite a stir lately because they’ve done things they weren’t supposed to—or so they say! Now, in light of recent incidents, the company “OpenAI” has decided against releasing a new AI model... (Image: AI-generated)

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