In fall 2023, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, sent secret memos to board members discussing concerns about the leadership of CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. Sutskever had previously considered both men friends and officiated Brockman's wedding in 2019.

Sam Altman addressed concerns about the natural resources required for training generative AI models during a major AI summit in India. He argued that while chatbots demand significant power, the resource consumption of human beings should also be considered.