Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner, who helped oust CEO Sam Altman in November, broke her silence this week when she spoke on a podcast about events inside the company leading up to Altman's firing.
Toner also said Altman did not tell the board he owned the OpenAI startup fund.
Within a week, Altman was back and board members Toner and Tasha McCauley, who had voted to oust Altman, were out.
In March, OpenAI announced its new board, which includes Altman, and the conclusion of an internal investigation by law firm WilmerHale into the events leading up to Altman's ouster.
"The review concluded there was a significant breakdown of trust between the prior board and Sam and Greg," OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor said at the time, referring to president and co-founder Greg Brockman.
Persons:
Helen Toner, CSET, Vox, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Toner, Altman, Sam, Ilya Sutskever, Jan Leike, Anthropic, OpenAI's, Sutskever, Tasha McCauley, Adam D'Angelo, WilmerHale, Greg, Bret Taylor, Greg Brockman, Taylor
Organizations:
The Ritz, Carlton, Twitter, OpenAI, Microsoft, Street
Locations:
Laguna Niguel, Dana Point , California