Mira Murati’s deposition pulled back the curtain on Sam Altman’s ouster
Published: (May 7, 2026 at 03:55 PM EDT)
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Source: The Verge
Source: The Verge
Overview
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry’s biggest soap‑opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT‑maker. The explanation? That Altman was “not consistently candid in his communications with the board.” Now, via witness testimony and trial exhibits in Musk v. Altman, the public is getting a concrete look behind the scenes of that dramatic weekend for the first time, much of it centered on former CTO Mira Murati.