Mikita Balesni
Role at the time: Former OpenAI alignment researcher
Condemned
Response to this claim
Mikita Balesni says he did not share company IP and that his outside work was coordinated with his reporting line, research leadership and the board.
“If OpenAI has specific concerns, I invite them to write to us directly. I expect they will not, because our firing was pretextual.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Mikita Balesni denies sharing company IP · Mikita BalesniOriginal thread post describing the exit call, information-sharing accusation and coordination with leadership.
Balesni says he was given no written reasons, denies sharing company IP and says his work was coordinated with leadership.
Why we used this label
The conduct under scrutiny is his dismissal. His thread rejects the rationale and criticizes the firing as pretextual.