So we now have a clearer picture of what seems to have happened with the three researchers fired from OpenAI... seems like they were fired mainly for using Signal? - It was leaked to 'The Information' that GPT Astra is a 'looped transformer'. OpenAI investigated this leak. - OpenAI suspected Ryan Greenblatt at METR was the source of the leak. They suspected the three OpenAI engineers for their various collaborations with Greenblatt. - OpenAI checked the phones of the researchers and found…

Max Zeff@ZeffMax1d ago

New: The three researchers OpenAI fired last month spent the summer fighting to keep AI's chain-of-thought process visible. Then, OpenAI asked to see their Signal chats. A week later, they were let go. More below from @keachhagey, @berber_jin1, and me. https://t.co/7klEDa8R0M https://t.co/l01Q668KT1