Former OpenAI board member, Helen Toner, has disclosed that the board was kept in the dark about the launch of the company’s chatbot, ChatGPT, in November 2022. The board members only discovered the launch via Twitter, now rebranded as X.
What Happened: In a podcast called The TED AI Show, which was shared on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday, Toner was having a conversation with ex-Google staffer and internet personality Bilawal Sidhu. During the conversation, she provided an in-depth account of the events leading to the abrupt dismissal of Sam Altman as CEO of the company last year in November.
“For years Sam had made it really difficult for the board to actually do the job by withholding information, misrepresenting things that were happening at the company, in some cases outright lying to the board.”
She gave one example of one such instance saying, “When ChatGPT came out in November 2022, the board was not informed in advance about that.” Adding, “We learned about ChatGPT on Twitter.”
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