Former OpenAI director revealed that Altman was fired for repeatedly withholding information from the board

On May 29th, according to a report by the Financial Union, last fall, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was first ousted by the board of directors, and then dramatically won back his position, which actually caused a big change in the company's board members. On Tuesday, former OpenAI board member Helen Toner severely criticized Altman's lack of transparency in an interview, which led to the board's ignorance of key OpenAI decisions, which is why the board members finally decided to fire him. Toner revealed that Altman repeatedly withheld information from the board, misrepresented the company's ongoing business, and in some cases blatantly lied to the board. Toner gave the example in the interview that when OpenAI flagship product ChatGPT debuted in November 2022, board members knew almost nothing, and she only learned about it through Twitter.
In addition, she also pointed out that Altman has always claimed to be an independent board member of OpenAI and has no financial interest in the company, but in fact he has been hiding that he owns the OpenAI startup fund. What is even more disturbing to Toner is that Altman provided inaccurate information to the board about the artificial intelligence security process and began lying in an attempt to remove her from the board, which is the real reason for the collective concern of the board, and from then on, the board began to discuss the removal of Altman.