OpenAI Leaders Split on AI ‘Safety’ Before Ousting Altman

Before OpenAI’s board removed Sam Altman as CEO, divisions bubbled up across the company about whether it was developing artificial intelligence safely enough, The Information reported.

Co-founder Ilya Sutskever on Friday took questions from employees about whether his vote to remove Altman amounted to a coup. He said he disagreed but that the move was necessary to preserve OpenAI’s mission, and he agreed that “backroom removals” of company leaders weren’t a good look, the report said. After Altman was ousted, a key executive, Chairman and President Greg Brockman, resigned. Brockman was an Altman ally.