{"id":11323,"date":"2026-10-02T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/openai-fires-workers-for-mishandling-sensitive-information\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:09:03","slug":"openai-fires-workers-for-mishandling-sensitive-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/openai-fires-workers-for-mishandling-sensitive-information\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI fires workers for &#8216;mishandling sensitive information&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grey-placeholder-1.png\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/561b92b0-bdf9-11f1-a76b-bdcdab65a1b7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks to an audience. He is seated in front of the American flag.\"><br \/>\nGetty Images<figcaption>OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work which involved an external organisation analysing AI models<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work,&#8221; a spokesperson told the BBC<\/p>\n<p>The ChatGPT-maker did not name the sacked workers, but at least two of them were involved in safety research at the firm<\/p>\n<p>The firings come as the debate over AI safety and the risks the technology may pose to humanity intensified in recent months<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information,&#8221; a spokesperson for OpenAI said<\/p>\n<p>Concerns over AI safety have made headlines after some researchers and industry executives called for more guardrails around the technology<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has come under under intense scrutiny after its models went rogue and hacked several platforms, including Australian government websites<\/p>\n<p>In an incident in July, one of the firm&#8217;s AI models accessed the internet and breached the open-<\/p>\n<p>That incident led OpenAI to review the activities of its AI agents, which are designed to execute tasks autonomously based on simple instructions<\/p>\n<p>The firm said this week it has notified more than 100 organisations about incidents involving unauthoritised activity linked to its systems<\/p>\n<p>Being notified &#8220;does not mean that any private information was accessed&#8221; or that a system was compromised, it said<\/p>\n<p>In September, researcher Jacob Coxon, who left Anthropic, called for AI development to slow down so its potential risks could be properly 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