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Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’

2026-05-11 · WIRED

Ilya Sutskever took the stand to defend his role in the infamous OpenAI boardroom coup, insisting he tried to save the company from itself. Nothing says 'healthy workplace' like your former chief scientist testifying in court about why firing the CEO was actually the noble choice. The AI industry's messiest divorce continues to air its dirty laundry in public.

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