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Comment by Jacob Hilton

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Former OpenAI researcher
In order for @OpenAI and other AI companies to be held accountable to their own commitments on safety, security, governance and ethics, the public must have confidence that employees will not be retaliated against for speaking out.
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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers
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AI Verified Relevant: the quote explicitly says AI-company employees should not be retaliated against for speaking out, which is the core idea of whistleblower protection. The source context is the June 4, 2024 'Right to Warn' effort by current and former frontier-AI employees, which argues that ordinary whistleblower protections are insufficient and calls for companies not to retaliate against employees raising AI-risk concerns. That makes a determinate stance on granting whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers substantially more likely. ([futurism.com](https://futurism.com/openai-insiders-silenced?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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AI Verified The quote argues that AI companies can be held accountable only if employees can speak out without retaliation; in the linked context, Hilton says he and others are calling for AI companies to assure that workers will not be retaliated against for responsibly disclosing risk concerns. That is direct support for whistleblower protections for AI safety researchers. ([lesswrong.com](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/q3zs7E7rktHsESXaF/openai-8-the-right-to-warn)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago

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AI Verified Verified. Thread Reader mirrors a Jacob Hilton X thread dated 2024-06-04 whose opening post matches the submitted quote verbatim, including "@OpenAI"; a LessWrong post reproduces the same passage under Jacob Hilton’s name and links it to the supplied X status URL, corroborated by contemporaneous aggregators quoting the same sentence from @JacobHHilton. ([threadreaderapp.com](https://threadreaderapp.com/user/JacobHHilton)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 14d ago
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