# The Two Insiders Who Documented What OpenAI’s Governance Actually Was

- slug: the-two-insiders-who-documented-what-openais-governance-actually-was
- date: 2026-04-07
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Two former OpenAI insiders documented the same failure: the board meant to govern Sam Altman had no real power, alignment compute was 1-2% not 20%, and the ouster lasted four days. The New Yorker has the documents.

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