OpenAI's board learned about ChatGPT's release on Twitter, ex-board member says

• OpenAI's board was as surprised as the public was by ChatGPT's 2022 release, a former member says.
• Helen Toner said the board "was not informed in advance" and actually learned about it on Twitter.
• She accused CEO Sam Altman of "withholding information" and "misrepresenting" what was going on.

The release of ChatGPT took the world by surprise in 2022 — and a former OpenAI board member says that was the case for the company's board of directors, too.