OpenAI dismisses three security researchers, insider exposure: phones found in leak investigation, three people deny leak According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI asked three security researchers to unlock their private phones during a leak investigation last month, and found that some of them had turned on "read and burn" on Signal with external AI security researcher Ryan Greenblatt. One week later, the three were fired. OpenAI stated that the three individuals violated sensitive information processing regulations, "not because they raised security concerns. The three denied leaking the information, and Greenblatt also denied disclosing it to the media. The three have been pushing internally to keep the AI inference process monitored and striving to grant external security agencies more review authority.