A sweeping new investigation by The New Yorker has reignited scrutiny around OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, with former insiders and board-level figures describing him as deceptive, manipulative and, in some cases, too untrustworthy to oversee what the company was founded to build: potentially world-shaping artificial intelligence.
For context, doubts about Altman's leadership first burst into public view in November 2023, when OpenAI's board abruptly fired him, saying only that he had not been 'consistently candid in his communications'.
