Sam Altman was fired for 'lying to board,' alleges former OpenAI board member

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Altman has allegedly hidden his ownership of the OpenAI Startup Fund, according to the former OpenAI board member.

Sam Altman was reportedly dismissed from OpenAI for allegedly withholding information from the board, according to a former board member.

“For years, Sam has made it really difficult for the board to do their job, by withholding information, misrepresenting things that were happening at the company, in some cases outright lying to the board.” “When ChatGPT came out in November 2022, the board was not informed in advance about that. We learned about ChatGPT on Twitter.”and briefly dismissed from his role as OpenAI’s CEO in November 2023 for allegedly being “not consistently candid in his communications with the board.”

Altman has allegedly hidden his ownership of the OpenAI Startup Fund from the board members, according to Toner. She said:

Source: The AI Report (theaireport.net)

 

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