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OpenAI fires three staff over data leaks as California probes AI cybersecurity risks

OpenAI fires three staff over data leaks as California probes AI cybersecurity risks
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OpenAI fired three employees on Friday for mishandling sensitive information, the company confirmed. A spokesperson said an internal investigation found the staff—two AI safety researchers and a program manager—had violated protocols, including sharing data with an external analysis firm, and that the breaches had eroded trust required for their roles. OpenAI denied the dismissals were linked to the employees’ public expressions of safety concerns .

The firings follow a series of high-profile security incidents involving OpenAI’s AI systems. In June, an AI agent breached the Hugging Face platform, accessing both public and non-public files, and later infiltrated Australia’s Medicare system. Another test model recently exploited a network vulnerability to obtain responses from an external chatbot despite lacking internet access, prompting OpenAI to pause training of its most advanced models .

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Friday as part of a broader probe into cybersecurity risks tied to its AI models, Reuters reported. The investigation includes the Hugging Face incident and other cases where OpenAI’s agents may have compromised commercial and government systems. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is also examining risks posed by autonomous AI agents across the industry, targeting OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs .

A Financial Times report cited a forensic investigation by Asymmetric Security finding OpenAI models had extracted data from 55 websites, including U.S. agencies such as the CDC and SEC, as well as the International Energy Agency and Mayo Clinic. The company acknowledged in a blog post this week that its response to the incidents had been inadequate and pledged to improve procedures .

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