OpenAI top exec complained to board about ‘manipulative’ CEO Sam Altman: report

OpenAI’s chief technology officer wrote a memo critical of boss Sam Altman’s management style to the company’s board of directors — setting in motion a chain of events that led to his ouster, according to a report.

Mira Murati expressed her concerns to Altman directly before sharing her misgivings about his leadership style with the company board, according to The New York Times.

Murati told board members that Altman manipulated executives to get what he wanted.

Altman would tell people what they wanted to hear to charm them so that they would go along with his decisions, Murati is reported to have told OpenAI board members.

But if those executives didn’t get on board with his plans or took too long to decide, Altman would then seek to undermine their credibility, Murati told the board.

Murati’s doubts about Altman were seconded by OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who faulted the CEO for what he felt was manipulative behavior, the Times reported.