Keep pulling the thread on Ronan Farrow.
According to reporting in The New Yorker, Sam Altman is described as having two traits rarely seen in the same person: a strong desire to be liked and an almost sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences of deception.
According to Ronan Farrow's reporting, the findings of the Wilmer Hale investigation into Sam Altman's ousting were intentionally not documented in writing and only delivered via oral briefings.
During OpenAI's conversion from a non-profit to a for-profit entity, a board member's vote against the change was reportedly recorded as an abstention to avoid scrutiny.
A prominent investor in OpenAI, who initially supported Sam Altman's return, now believes Altman's trait of dishonesty is stable and ongoing.
Microsoft personnel believe OpenAI's deal with Amazon for stateful AI agents is not possible without violating their exclusivity agreement on underlying models.
On the same day OpenAI reaffirmed its exclusivity deal with Microsoft for underlying stateless AI models, it announced a new deal with Amazon for stateful AI agent solutions.
According to Ronan Farrow's reporting, Sam Altman falsely claimed that all new OpenAI board members received the oral briefing from the Wilmer Hale investigation.
Jan Leike, former head of superalignment at OpenAI, wrote to the board with whistleblower-style material stating the company was going 'off the rails' on its safety mission.
There is no federal statute in the United States protecting AI company employees who disclose safety concerns.
A senior Microsoft executive stated there is a 'small but real chance' that Sam Altman's legacy will be comparable to that of Bernie Madoff or Sam Bankman-Fried.
According to Ronan Farrow, many people at Microsoft agree with the assessment that Sam Altman could be remembered as a scammer on the scale of Sam Bankman-Fried or Bernie Madoff.
OpenAI turned from a non-profit research lab into an almost trillion-dollar private company in just a few years.