OpenAI Fires Three Researchers; Cloudflare Launches Clef; Suno Adds Speech

OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly sharing sensitive company information with a third-party AI safety organization, a move that critics are already calling retaliation against whistleblowers. Meanwhile, Cloudflare has released its own decision-making model to challenge TypeSafe's Jev, Suno is branching into AI-generated speech, and Meta's Ray-Ban glasses are facing a privacy backlash in Europe. Here are the major developments from this week.

OpenAI Terminates Three Safety Researchers

OpenAI confirmed it has "parted ways" with three researchers—Jasmine Wong, Tomek Korbach, and Mikita Bialzny—for violating policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information. According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, the information in question was shared with an unnamed AI safety organization.

The firings carry particular weight because of context. Korbach was a member of OpenAI's safety team and had served as the company's technical contact for Redwood Research and Metter during their investigation of an incident where OpenAI's model hacked Hugging Face. Wong and Bialzny worked on alignment, ensuring models behave as humans intend.