Ilya Sutskever—Led OpenAI board's ouster of CEO Sam Altman over safety and governance concerns
Ilya Sutskever was one of the OpenAI board members who voted to remove Sam Altman as CEO in November 2023. The firing reportedly stemmed from concerns about Altman's candor with the board and the pace of AI development. Altman was reinstated five days later after employee revolt and investor pressure. Sutskever stepped down from the board but remained at OpenAI until May 2024.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Safety | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Corporate Governance | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Led OpenAI board's ouster of CEO Sam Altman over safety and governance concerns
Ilya Sutskever was one of the OpenAI board members who voted to remove Sam Altman as CEO in November 2023. The firing reportedly stemmed from concerns about Altman's candor with the board and the pace of AI development. Altman was reinstated five days later after employee revolt and investor pressure. Sutskever stepped down from the board but remained at OpenAI until May 2024.