Sam Altman · OpenAI · BBC Technology
Ann Altman had claimed the OpenAI founder had regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006
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The Altman family has said Ann Altman has mental health challenges and they have supported her financially, adding the claims were made as she continued to demand more funds.
Key facts
- Ann Altman had claimed the OpenAI founder had regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006
- The case was filed on 6 January 2025 in the Eastern District of Missouri
- In it, Ann Altman claimed that her older brother Sam Altman began abusing her when she was three, and he was 12
- Sam Altman is the co-founder of OpenAI, which launched its popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot in 2022
Summary
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has won a dismissal of a lawsuit brought against him by his sister that claimed he had sexually abused her more than two decades ago. A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination, adding she was warned a failure to do so would result in the case being thrown out. Ann Altman had claimed the OpenAI founder had regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. District Judge Zachary Bluestone said that despite multiple accommodations and multiple opportunities to do so, Ann Altman did not appear for an independent medical exam on three separate occasions, and "failed to meaningfully prosecute her case".