Helen Toner

The current board members of OpenAI have addressed the concerns raised by former board members, Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley, regarding the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI.) What Happened: In an opinion piece in The Economist, Summers and Taylor refuted Toner’s claims regarding...

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner has slammed CEO Sam Altman by pulling up his history with previous employers Y Combinator and startup Loopt Inc., opening up about the November saga at the world's leading AI startup. What Happened: During a recent episode of The TED AI Show, Toner justified...

Former OpenAI board member, Helen Toner, has disclosed that the board was kept in the dark about the launch of the company’s chatbot, ChatGPT, in November 2022. The board members only discovered the launch via Twitter, now rebranded as X. What Happened: In a podcast called The TED...

Former board members of OpenAI, Tasha McCauley and Helen Toner, have expressed their concerns about the lack of stringent regulation in the AI industry, suggesting that self-governance is not sufficient in the face of profit-driven pressures. What Happened: McCauley and Toner, who became part of...

Hours after returning to the OpenAI board, CEO Sam Altman apologized for the way he handled the drama prior to and after his surprise ouster from the AI startup in November. What Happened: On Friday, while expressing his gratitude and optimism for the future, Altman said he wished he had handled...

In the wake of recent upheavals at artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, board member Helen Toner has resigned. This comes after a series of events involving the dismissal and subsequent reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman. What Happened: As reported in a recent Wall Street Journal interview, Toner, an...