"What did Ilya see? Two years ago, it was the meme seen 'round the world (or at least 'round the tech industry). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been briefly ousted in November 2023 by members of the company's board of directors, including his longtime collaborator and fellow cofounder Ilya Sutskever. The board claimed Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board," undermining their confidence in him. He was out for less than a week before being reinstated after hundreds of employees threatened to resign."
"Now, new details have come to light in a legal deposition involving Sutskever, part of Musk's ongoing lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI. For nearly 10 hours on October 1st, bookended by repeated sniping between Musk's and Sutsever's attorneys, Sutskever answered questions about the turmoil around Altman's ouster, from conflicts between executives to short-lived merger talks with Anthropic."
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever was deposed by Elon Musk's lawyers as part of Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The deposition on October 1 lasted nearly ten hours and featured repeated sniping between Musk's and Sutskever's attorneys. Sutskever answered questions about the turmoil around Altman's November 2023 ouster, conflicts between executives, and short‑lived merger talks with Anthropic. The board had claimed Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board," which had undermined their confidence. Altman was out for less than a week before being reinstated after hundreds of employees threatened to resign.
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