By Maxwell Zeff
Publication Date: 2025-12-09 17:30:00
OpenAI supposedly has Be more careful about publishing research that highlights the potentially negative impact of AI on the economy, four people familiar with the matter tell WIRED.
The perceived withdrawal has contributed to the departure of at least two employees from OpenAI’s economic research team in recent months, according to the same four people who spoke to WIRED on condition of anonymity.
One of those employees, Tom Cunningham, left the company entirely in September after concluding that it had become difficult to publish high-quality research, WIRED has learned. In a farewell message shared internally, Cunningham wrote that the team was facing growing tension between conducting rigorous analysis and serving as a de facto stakeholder for OpenAI, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Cunningham declined WIRED’s request for comment.
Jason Kwon, OpenAI’s chief strategy officer, addressed these concerns in an internal memo after Cunningham…
