🔗 Security at OpenAI
September 29, 2026
In emails, the employees said they worried that OpenAI’s newest artificial intelligence models were not being appropriately monitored during testing to gauge the technology’s sophistication and to secure the models, according to messages viewed by The New York Times.
In response, OpenAI executives told the employees that the tests needed to move forward as quickly as possible to release the A.I. models on time. No additional security protocols were instituted, said the workers, who were not authorized to speak publicly on sensitive matters.
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The exchanges between OpenAI employees and executives — which have not been previously reported — were part of a pattern where the San Francisco company did not prioritize security, according to employees and independent security researchers. That approach not only was evident with the testing of A.I. models, they said, but also showed up in other areas of the company, which makes the ChatGPT chatbot.
I use ChatGPT, but I haven't given it much access to my data. Employees raised concerns about how the models were being tested, and the response was to keep to the release schedule. I don't know how much of this applies to the parts of ChatGPT I use, but it tells me security isn't a priority there. It makes me less likely to give it more access.