OpenAI is struggling to contain internal rows about its leadership and safety, as the divisions that led to last year’s attempted coup against chief executive Sam Altman spill back into the public domain.
Six months after the aborted removal of Altman, a series of high-profile resignations point to continuing rifts inside OpenAI between those who want to develop AI rapidly and those who would prefer a more cautious approach, according to current and former employees.
Helen Toner, one of the former OpenAI board members who tried to remove Altman in November, spoke out publicly for the first time this week, saying he had misled the board “on multiple occasions” about its safety processes.