Fired AI researchers write letter: Here's what you need to know

• Fired OpenAI researchers wrote a letter to the board, obtained by The Wall Street Journal, expressing concerns about AI safety risks and suggesting their firings could discourage others from speaking up.
• OpenAI denies the firings were retaliatory, stating they were due to 'improperly sharing confidential information with an outside safety firm' and supports broader safety concerns.
• An NYU mathematics professor, Tristan Buckmaster, accused OpenAI of stealing his findings from private notes to solve a Millennium math problem, which OpenAI categorically denies, stating it's impossible for his prompts to have influenced their system.

The CNBC segment reports on two controversies involving OpenAI: fired researchers who wrote a letter to the board about AI safety risks, alleging their termination was retaliatory, and an NYU math professor accusing OpenAI of stealing his findings. These incidents raise significant questions about OpenAI's internal governance, ethical practices, and the trustworthiness of its AI products for enterprise use.