Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
TL;DR
Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new AI model. In a video deposition shown during the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial on Wednesday, Murati said Altman falsely stated that OpenAI's legal department determined a new AI model did not need to go through the company's deployment safety board. "As you understand it, was Mr.
Nauti's Take
Murati's sworn statement is a meaningful signal: former insiders are willing to speak under oath, which puts pressure on governance and safety boards across AI labs — healthy for the industry's maturity. The risk is that the personal-drama framing drowns out the technical questions.
Anyone using OpenAI as a vendor should give their contract and safety clauses a second look.
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