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A former OpenAI researcher opened up about how he "ruffled some feathers" by writing and sharing some documents related to safety at the company, and was eventually fired.Leopold Aschenbrenner, who graduated from Columbia University at 19, according to his LinkedIn, worked on OpenAI's superalignment team before he was reportedly "fired for leaking" in April. He spoke out about the experience in a recent interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel released Tuesday.Aschenbrenner said he wrote and shared a memo after a "major security incident" that he didn't specify in the interview, and shared it with a couple of OpenAI board members. In…