
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner has revealed new details about the dismissal of CEO Sam Altman. According to Toner, Altman was ousted on November 17, 2023, due to his deception and lack of transparency with the board. She claimed that Altman provided inaccurate information about the company's safety processes and did not inform the board about the release of ChatGPT, which they learned about through Twitter. Toner stated that the board felt they could no longer trust Altman, making it impossible to provide independent oversight over the company. Toner shared these revelations on the TED AI Show, highlighting that Altman was 'outright lying' to the board.

















TED AI Show interview published Tuesday afternoon with former OpenAI board member Helen Toner reveals new details about the company's efforts to fire its billionaire CEO and cofounder Sam Altman and why she "just couldn't believe" what he was saying. https://t.co/L3FBOdScsh https://t.co/ReR9x71qay
OpenAI former board member Helen Toner, who helped to oust CEO Sam Altman in November, broke her silence in a podcast appearance when she spoke about events inside the company leading up to the firing. https://t.co/ey0xcJW9Li https://t.co/z1WnDABswJ
Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner is finally going on record about why the board fired Sam Altman back in November: "He gave us inaccurate information about the small number of formal safety processes that the company did have in place." "When ChatGPT came out, the board… https://t.co/P9kUZIKrx9