- As part of a journalistic investigation, it was revealed that the CEO OpenAI and Worldcoin project leader Sam Altman are viewed negatively.
- His colleagues and partners said Altman was distorting information and violating agreements.
- A top Microsoft executive compared him to the fraudster Bankman-Fried.
The New Yorker published an article that discussed questions about the character and judgment of Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI and Worldcoin. publication at an inopportune moment for a biometric cryptocurrency project—over the past week token Worldcoin (WLD) fell nearly 13%.
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on lingering doubts about OpenAI’s CEO, the article begins.
The material is based on interviews with more than a hundred people who have firsthand knowledge of Altman’s business practices. The most jarring line in the article comes from a top Microsoft executive.
He distorted facts, misled, renegotiated terms, and violated agreements. I think there’s a small but real chance he’ll ultimately be remembered as a fraudster on the level of Bernie Madoff or Sam Bankman-Fried.
The article also details internal disagreements within OpenAI, including Altman’s temporary removal from office in 2023.
The company’s former chief scientific officer, Ilya Sutskever, presented internal documentation alleging that Altman provided false information to colleagues and board members.
Dario Amodei, who now heads Anthropic, concluded that “OpenAI’s problem is Sam himself.”
Altaman isn’t the only one who found himself in a difficult situation after publishing the article; his crypto project is also suffering serious losses. At the time of writing, token was trading at $0,2559, falling by about 7% over the past 24 hours.
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