Murati Testifies Altman Lied About OpenAI Safety Standards
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati told a court under oath that Sam Altman deceived her about model safety protocols.
The Musk v. Altman trial just got a lot spicier. Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, took the stand and dropped a bomb: Sam Altman lied to her about safety standards for a new OpenAI model.
Murati testified under oath that Altman's deception directly made her job harder. As the person who once oversaw OpenAI's technical direction, her word carries serious weight. She's not some disgruntled outsider — she was OpenAI's former CEO before departing the company.
The testimony lands amid Elon Musk's ongoing legal battle against Altman and OpenAI. Having a former top executive publicly accuse the current CEO of lying about AI safety — in a courtroom, under penalty of perjury — is about as damaging as it gets.
This is no longer just a corporate squabble. It's a credibility crisis at the world's most prominent AI company.