OpenAI board support of “Sam Altman” against former members; Sam doesn’t lie!

The conflict between the current and former OpenAI board members is apparently not going to end, and the two sides recently discussed the ousting of Sam Altman.

Recently, two former members of OpenAI’s board of directors had a disagreement with its current members regarding the removal of Sam Altman as CEO of the company. It appears that the current board does not think as highly of Sam Altman as the former board suspected.

Two former OpenAI board members have reportedly expressed displeasure with Sam Altman’s performance, as well as the safety of its AI, and called for Altman to be removed from the CEO seat. But the current board of directors defended Altman against these words and accusations.

Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, two former OpenAI board members, recently published an article on The Economist website criticizing Altman’s policies as well as his actions for the safety of OpenAI. The desire of these two people was that a series of frameworks and regulations should be established for artificial intelligence. According to their theory, companies active in the field of artificial intelligence should not be managed by themselves (there should be supervision over them).

What does OpenAI’s current board say about Sam Altman?

According to Insider, two current OpenAI board members, Brett Taylor and Larry Summers, have announced that they are trying to ensure the safety of the company’s artificial intelligence with a series of new measures. In addition, the two discussed their general opinion and stance on the company forming a new safety committee and presenting a set of voluntary commitments to the White House.

In part of their talk, Taylor and Summers also defended Sam Altman against accusations by OpenAI’s former board. Apparently, two former members claimed that Sam Altman fostered a “toxic culture of lying” and exhibited “psychologically abusive behavior.” But Taylor and Summers denied these claims and supported Altman in a way.

Toner (former member of OpenAI), however, explained in an interview why they decided to fire Sam Altman from OpenAI. He said that Altman not only lied to them several times, but also withheld information from them. In this interview, he also mentioned that the previous board was not aware of the release of ChatGPT that happened in 2022, and they learned about it on X social network (former Twitter).

Source: Business Insider