Ilya Sutskever testifies against Sam Altman at the OpenAI trial

Ilya Sutskever Spent a Year Proving Sam Altman Lied — And He Has Receipts

The most important AI trial in history just detonated. Ilya Sutskever — OpenAI co-founder, former chief scientist, and one of the most respected minds in artificial intelligence — took the stand in an Oakland courtroom on Monday and delivered sworn testimony that should make every OpenAI investor lose sleep. He spent a year building a 52-page dossier documenting what he called Sam Altman’s “consistent pattern of lying.” Not rumors. Not anonymous tips. Sworn testimony from the man who helped build the technology behind ChatGPT. ...

May 12, 2026 · 4 min · DBBS Tech