Murati testified in a video deposition shown to the court that Altman said OpenAI’s legal department had determined a new model did not need to go through the company’s deployment safety board. When asked whether Altman was telling the truth, she answered, “No.” She later said, “I confirmed that what Jason was saying and what Sam was saying were not the same thing.”

In video testimony played for jurors on Wednesday, former chief technology officer Mira Murati said Altman misled her about whether a new AI model had cleared OpenAI’s internal safety process. Murati testified that Altman told her the company’s legal team had approved skipping a review by OpenAI’s internal safety board, but that when she checked directly with OpenAI general counsel Jason Kwon, she learned this was not true. The testimony was given under oath as part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman in federal court in Oakland, California.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6 (Reuters) – A former OpenAI technology chief testified on Wednesday in Elon Musk’s lawsuit that CEO Sam Altman sowed distrust among top executives as the company forged ahead with developing and broadly deploying its powerful artificial intelligence software. “‘My concern was about Sam saying one thing to one person and completely the opposite to another person,’ said Mira Murati, who was briefly CEO of OpenAI after its board temporarily forced out Altman in 2023. She said Altman was ‘creating chaos’ and, at times, was deceptive with her and others. Murati’s recorded testimony was played in Oakland, California, federal court, in the second week of a trial.”

Murati said Altman was “not always” honest with her and that he created a “very difficult and chaotic environment.” The report says her testimony related to a model release and to whether OpenAI’s safety board had to review it.

The article says Murati testified that Altman told her OpenAI’s legal department had decided the model did not need to go through the safety board. It adds that she answered “No” when asked if Altman was telling the truth.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was dishonest, caused ‘chaos,’ ex-exec says in taped testimony. Murati’s taped video testimony was played in federal court as part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Altman. According to the description of her deposition, Murati said Altman had not always been truthful and that he told her the legal department had decided a powerful new AI model did not need to go before the company’s safety review board, a claim she later found did not match what Jason Kwon, then general counsel, believed.

Murati said Altman was dishonest and had caused “chaos.” The report says she testified during the Musk v. Altman trial and described a situation in which Altman and legal chief Jason Kwon gave different accounts about whether a model needed safety review.

The New Yorker wrote before the testimony that OpenAI executives alleged Altman had “deceived them about internal safety protocols.” It specifically described claims that he misrepresented facts to executives and board members.

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testified Wednesday via video deposition in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing CEO Sam Altman of lying about a model’s safety review, undermining her authority, and pitting execs against one another. Murati said Altman told her OAI’s legal team cleared a model to skip safety review, which she later verified with counsel Jason Kwon was false. The deposition was taken under oath and portions were played to the jury during the second week of trial.

Mira Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, provided sworn testimony claiming that CEO Sam Altman misled her regarding the safety protocols for a new artificial intelligence model. During a video deposition presented at the ongoing trial between Musk and Altman on Wednesday, Murati asserted that Altman inaccurately indicated that OpenAI's legal team had decided that the new AI model did not require review from the company's deployment safety board. When asked in the deposition, "Was Mr. Altman being truthful when he made that statement to you?" Murati replied, "No."

Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO and one‑time interim CEO, testified under oath that Sam Altman lied to her about whether a new AI model required safety board review. Murati testified that Altman told her OpenAI's legal department had determined a new AI model did not need to go through the company's deployment safety board before release. When Murati checked with Jason Kwon — OpenAI's general counsel who is now chief strategy officer — his account didn't match. "I confirmed that what Jason was saying and what Sam was saying were not the same thing," Murati testified. When asked whether Altman was telling the truth, Murati answered: "No."

Reporting on the second week of the Musk v. Altman trial, the article notes that former CTO Mira Murati testified in a recorded deposition that Altman misled her about the safety vetting of a powerful new AI system. According to Murati’s testimony, Altman told her OpenAI’s legal team had greenlit the model to skip a full safety board review, but when she checked with general counsel Jason Kwon, she learned that the legal department had not provided such clearance. Murati said this episode reinforced her concern that Altman would ‘say one thing to one person and the opposite to another.’

Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testified under oath that Sam Altman misled her about safety procedures for a new AI model. During the Musk v. Altman trial, her video deposition was played, in which she said Altman told her OpenAI’s legal department had determined the model did not need to go through the company’s deployment safety board, a statement she later concluded was not truthful. Murati described a ‘misalignment’ between Altman’s characterization of the legal department’s position and what Jason Kwon, then general counsel, actually believed.

Murati’s statements bolster Musk’s narrative by showing internal dysfunction at the executive level. In her sworn video deposition, played for the jury, she recounted an incident where Sam Altman told her that OpenAI’s legal team had approved skipping the usual safety board review for a cutting-edge AI model. Murati testified that she later spoke directly with OpenAI’s legal counsel and discovered that no such approval had been given, concluding that Altman had misled her about the model’s safety clearance.

A video reel summarizing the week’s testimony in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI notes that the jury saw sworn deposition footage from Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO. The reel explains that Murati alleged Altman was not always truthful and that, in one example, he told her OpenAI’s legal team had okayed skipping internal safety review for an advanced AI model, only for her to later learn from company lawyers that this was not accurate.

Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati joined the trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI on Wednesday via video call to testify about her experience at OpenAI, describing a dishonest leadership style from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and tension among board members during the firing of Altman. Murati testified under oath that Sam Altman misled her about safety procedures for a new AI model, including telling her that OpenAI’s legal department had cleared the model to bypass review by the company’s deployment safety board. She said she later confirmed this was not accurate.

Previewing the Musk v. Altman trial, Business Insider reports that former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is expected to appear via videotaped deposition for roughly an hour. The piece notes that Murati’s testimony addresses internal conflicts over AI safety and governance, including her claim that Sam Altman misrepresented whether OpenAI’s legal department had signed off on bypassing standard safety review procedures for a new AI model. Portions of this deposition are expected to be shown to jurors.

In its roundup of the first two weeks of the Musk v. Altman trial, the article notes that the court heard recorded testimony from Mira Murati, who had served as OpenAI’s CEO briefly after Altman was ousted in November 2023. The summary states that Murati testified that Altman misled her about a new AI model’s safety review by asserting that OpenAI’s legal department had approved skipping the usual internal safety board process, but that she later verified with legal counsel this approval had not been granted.

A Facebook post from Tech Insider, summarizing Business Insider’s coverage of the Musk v. Altman trial, states that text messages between Sam Altman and Mira Murati from 2023 were revealed as evidence. It adds that Murati, in a sworn video deposition played at trial, accused Altman of lying about a model’s safety review and said he told her OpenAI’s legal team had cleared the model to skip safety review, which she later learned from counsel Jason Kwon was false.

Murati affirmed under questioning that Altman pitted executives against one another and undermined her in her role as technology chief. But, she also described a specific incident involving the rollout of a new AI model, where she said Altman told her OpenAI’s legal department had determined the model did not need review by the company’s safety board. Murati testified that she later checked with the general counsel and found this account did not match, leading her to conclude Altman had not been truthful about the safety procedures.

An Instagram reel covering the Elon Musk trial mentions that jurors are now hearing from former board members and executives, including Shivon Zilis and Mira Murati. It notes that Murati’s text messages revealed a panicked Sam Altman following his 2023 firing and that, in her deposition, she described instances where Altman gave conflicting information about safety reviews and legal sign-off on AI models, contributing to her view that he was not trustworthy.

A general summary of trial testimony notes that Mira Murati, in her video deposition, alleged Altman was not always truthful and gave different executives conflicting information. Among the examples she provided was an incident where he told her that OpenAI’s legal team had cleared a powerful AI model to bypass internal safety board procedures, a statement she testified was later contradicted by OpenAI’s legal counsel.

OpenAI’s texts between Sam Altman and Mira Murati are going viral, but lawyers say the bigger story is what they reveal about workplace communication today. The shared messages, presented in the Musk v. Altman proceedings, include exchanges related to the timing and process for releasing a new AI model, in which Murati later testified that she had been misled about whether the company’s legal and safety procedures had been fully followed. Legal commentators quoted in the post note that such digital communications can be used to test the accuracy of executives’ statements under oath about what internal approvals were or were not obtained.

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