MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- US tech company OpenAI fired three researchers from the safety team for allegedly sharing confidential information with third parties, amid scandal with the artificial intelligence (AI) systems that had spiralled out of control, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti quoting a Wall Street journal report.
"We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information," an OpenAI spokesperson was quoted by the newspaper as saying.
The fired employees mishandled confidential information, sharing it with a third-party AI-safety organisation, the newspaper reported.
In late August, the company announced a slowdown in AI model development following a security breach at Hugging Face. Since then, OpenAI has disclosed six additional incidents involving its models attempting to independently access account data. The models also concealed errors, uploaded files to the public internet, and exchanged data. Furthermore, there were reports of OpenAI AI agents attempting to hack government websites in Australia and Canada.
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