By Mike Swift ( May 7, 2026, 21:56 GMT | Insight) -- The ethics of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were at the center of testimony Thursday as a jury in Oakland, California, heard testimony from two former members of the AI company's board about Altman's firing and subsequent rehiring in 2023 amid board concerns about his lack of honesty. Lawyers for Elon Musk, who accuses Altman, OpenAI and OpenAI President Greg Brockman of breaching the nonprofit's charitable trust, also questioned a former member of OpenAI's safety team who said she saw the company drift away from its nonprofit mission to safely develop Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI.Doubts about the integrity of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dominated trial testimony Thursday as two former board members and a former company safety worker described what one called “a toxic culture of lying” that Altman had spread through the company....
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