Overview
- Jurors watched a recorded deposition Wednesday in which former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said Sam Altman was not truthful about whether a new model needed review by the deployment safety board, a group that evaluates risky releases.
- Murati said Altman told different people different things, undermined her role, and created a chaotic workplace, yet she backed his return in 2023 because she believed the company was at catastrophic risk of falling apart.
- Former board member Helen Toner testified to a pattern of poor candor and resistance to oversight that drove the 2023 ouster, while Shivon Zilis criticized the surprise launch of ChatGPT without board notice and flagged concerns about a proposed Helion Energy deal.
- Murati described Microsoft’s stance during the 2023 leadership crisis as publicly hands‑off and said the company had an exclusivity window to integrate OpenAI technology before broader release, adding that employees pushed Altman’s reinstatement on their own.
- The ongoing Oakland case, brought by Elon Musk, seeks more than $100 billion and a shift back to nonprofit control as the court tests OpenAI’s governance, its safety checks on model releases, and the influence of its Microsoft partnership.