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Mira Murati Testifies Under Perjury Threat: Altman Lied About Safety Board Clearing GPT-4 Turbo.
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In video deposition for the Musk v. Altman trial, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati testified that Altman told her OpenAI's legal team had cleared GPT-4 Turbo to bypass internal safety board review. That was false. She also stated Altman complicated her tenure by communicating different messages to different people. Meanwhile, OpenAI hit $25B annualized revenue with 900M+ weekly users and is exploring a 2027 IPO at up to $1T valuation, but lost $22B against $13.1B revenue in 2025.
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