Oversight chair seeks information from OpenAI's Sam Altman about potential financial conflicts

PoliticsPublished: 21/5/2026
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Oversight chair seeks information from OpenAI's Sam Altman about potential financial conflicts

The letter comes amid a high-stakes legal battle between onetime partners Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who in 2015 co-founded the AI company behind ChatGPT.

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