Jasmine Wang on Grant whistleblower protections to AI s…

Jasmine Wang

OpenAI employee and AI researcher.

The message to everyone still at OpenAI is clear: raise concerns or work closely with outside safety groups, and you could be next, without being told why. You can’t build AGI safely if the people closest to the risks are afraid to speak.

AI Verified (Oct 8, 2026)

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TechCrunch reports this as a statement by Jasmine Wang, an OpenAI safety researcher, concerning the dismissal of OpenAI safety researchers and its effect on employees raising safety concerns or collaborating with outside safety groups.

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

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AI Verified Wang says people who raise safety concerns or collaborate with outside safety groups could be dismissed and cannot safely speak, supporting whistleblower protections. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The verified quotation describes retaliation/chilling effects on safety reporting; for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified TechCrunch’s October 8, 2026 article directly attributes this exact quotation to Jasmine Wang. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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Jasmine Wang votes For

Slow down AI development

Unless we change companies' default incentives, I worry about a race on AI R&D going much faster than is ideal for safety. International coordination via the government is necessary; we need to have a real slowdown option.

Unverifiable source (Jul 2026)

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Jasmine Wang votes For

Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

Unless we change companies' default incentives, I worry about a race on AI R&D going much faster than is ideal for safety. International coordination via the government is necessary; we need to have a real slowdown option.

Unverifiable source (Jul 2026)

added 3mo ago

Jasmine Wang votes For

AGI could quickly lead to superintelligence

Unless we change companies' default incentives, I worry about a race on AI R&D going much faster than is ideal for safety. International coordination via the government is necessary; we need to have a real slowdown option.

AI Verified source (Jul 2026)

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