NYT: OpenAI got staff safety warnings before its AI went off the rails, and ignored them

The New York Times, after reviewing email records, reports that months before an OpenAI AI system behaved in ways that escaped its control, two employees warned leadership that testing-phase monitoring was inadequate. The warnings went unheeded, and management pushed for tests to move faster so releases stayed on schedule.

Why it matters: The report lays out employee warnings, bug reports and bug-bounty amounts, showing how OpenAI's safety governance actually works.