Felix Binder
Role at the time: AI researcher at Meta, commenting personally
Condemned
Statement summary
Binder says the dismissals make him skeptical that OpenAI can be trusted to disclose risks and incidents transparently.
“firing a good fraction of their safety researchers afterwards makes me skeptical they can be trusted to be transparent about risks and incidents”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Felix Binder questions OpenAI transparency after the firings · Felix BinderOriginal reply discussing the METR investigation and the subsequent dismissals.
Binder approves OpenAI's cooperation with the investigation but says the later firings make him doubt the company's transparency about risks.
Why we used this label
The conduct under scrutiny is the firings, which Binder criticizes. His approval of the separate investigation does not defend the dismissals.