Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster
Summary
But as anticipation for the report grows, previously unreported details are emerging about the role that Mira Murati, OpenAI’s chief technology officer, played in the ouster of Mr. Altman. Around the same time, Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, expressed similar worries, citing what he characterized as Mr. Altman’s history of manipulative behavior, the people said. Ms. Murati’s interactions with the board offer insight into problems festering at the senior levels of OpenAI, though both executives publicly backed Mr. Altman’s return to the company. Mr. Sutskever’s lawyer said claims that he had approached the board were “categorically false.” Since November, OpenAI and its investors have scrambled to contain the fallout from the incident, which threatened to upend one of the tech industry’s most important start-ups. researcher who works at a Georgetown University think tank; Adam D’Angelo, a former Facebook executive; Greg Brockman, a co-founder and president of the company; Tasha McCauley, an adjunct senior management scientist at the RAND Corporation; and Mr. Altman.