HomeTechnologySam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI

Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI

TechnologyMay 12, 2026
1 min read
Sam Altman says Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Broc
Stylized image of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, seated

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Elon Musk did "huge damage" to the culture of the AI startup. During testimony as part of Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Altman said Musk required OpenAI president Greg Brockman and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever to rank researchers by their accomplishments and "take a chainsaw through a bunch."

Altman conceded that this was the management style the Tesla CEO was known for, but that it was incompatible with his startup. "I don't think Mr. Musk understood how to run a good research lab," Altman testified when his lawyer, William Savitt, asked about the impact of Musk's departure from OpenAI on morale. "For a …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Source: The Verge

Share this article

Related Articles

iOS 27 might add a lot more customization to the Camera app
2026May 13

iOS 27 might add a lot more customization to the Camera app

Apple's next iOS update could include something phone photographers have been waiting for: a lot more control over the Camera app. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the Camera app will be "fully c

Article1 min read
Read More
Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors
2026May 13

Amazon’s Panos Panay addresses new Fire phone rumors

Amazon's head of devices and services, Panos Panay, says that the company is "not necessarily" planning to release a smartphone, but has stopped short of denying it outright. It was previously reporte

Article1 min read
Read More