> They should have at the very least been privy to the plan, if not outright sanctioned it. Never assume this. After all, their communication specifically cite

> They should have at the very least been privy to the plan, if not outright sanctioned it. Never assume this. After all, their communication specifically cited that Sam deceived them in some way, and Greg was also impacted. Ilya is the only board member that might have known naturally, given his day-to-day work with OAI, but since ~July he has worked in the area of superalignment, which could reasonably be a different department (it shouldn't be). The Board may have also found out about these projects, maybe from a third party/Ilya, told Sam they're moving too fast, and Sam ignored them and launched anyway. We really don't know.