OpenAI CTO Mira Murati played an important role in Sam Altman’s firing from the company

Sam Altman's sudden ouster from OpenAI made many headlines over three months ago. The OpenAI CEO was suddenly fired from the company and nobody seemed to know why. OpenAI had issued a statement after Altman's ouster, saying that they no longer had faith in his ability to lead the company. Altman was resinstated as the CEO after five days after the incident. A lot had happened during this time, including company's employees threatening to quit and join Microsoft if Altman wasn't back. After returning as the company's CEO, Altman fired all previous board members to form a new board.

However, questions about his exit remained. A report by The New York Times now states that an upcoming report from an external law firm might reveal more details about the decision and the chaotic five days before Altman's return. And ahead of the report by the law firm, a new detail about the whole scenario has surfaced. As per The New York Times, OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati played a key role in Altman's ouster. To recall, when Altman was ousted from the company, Murati had stepped in as the interim CEO as well.

The New York Times report states that Murati wrote a private memo to Altman questioning his management and shared concerns with the board. This contributed to the decision to remove Altman, as per insiders.

Around the same time, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist, expressed similar worries, citing what he characterised as Altman's history of manipulative behaviour. Both executives described a turbulent relationship with Altman. While it remains uncertain whether they provided concrete examples, they conveyed that Altman occasionally fostered a toxic work environment by excluding executives who didn't align with his decisions.