NIST staffers revolt against expected appointment of ‘effective altruist’ AI researcher to US AI Safety Institute

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is facing an internal crisis as staff members and scientists have threatened to resign over the anticipated appointment of Paul Christiano to a crucial, though non-political, position at the agency’s newly-formed US AI Safety Institute (AISI), according to at least two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, who asked to remain anonymous.

I don't know, threatening to resign is a pretty concrete thing and I don't find "revolt" such an exaggeration. You can doubt the sources and wish for more concrete evidence (a letter?), but I'd still put >50% that it's broadly correct

EDIT: okay there's a clear ambiguity about how many people are threatening to resign, in a way that if it's only 1 or 2, it's clearly misleading.

Agreed, the evidence is solely, "according to at least two sources with direct knowledge of the situation, who asked to remain anonymous."

Not sure I understand the disagree-voters here, it seems that some NIST staffers are upset about the EA connection, and not just a perception that the appointment has been rushed through

(edit: unless you think that the reporting is just unrealiable?)

Yeah agree, though the disagreement is also specific to views on AI x-risk, which I view as very different from reputation

Hard to tell from the information given. Two sources saying an unknown number of people are threatening to resign could just mean that two people are disgruntled and might themselves resign.