New Yorker Investigation Details Pattern of Deception by OpenAI's Sam Altman

A comprehensive 18-month investigation by The New Yorker reveals that Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has exhibited what the publication describes as a consistent pattern of lying and deception across his career and leadership of the influential AI company. The investigation, conducted by journalists Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz, was published in April 2026 and included interviews with over 100 people in Altman's professional orbit, as well as previously undisclosed internal documents and secret memos.