OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister

Ann Altman filed a lawsuit alleging her brother sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006.

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The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was 12.

Mr Altman, who is the chief executive of OpenAI, the firm behind artificial intelligence (AI) software ChatGPT, denied the claims in a joint statement on X with his mother and two brothers.

"All of these claims are utterly untrue," the statement said. "Caring for a family member who faces mental health challenges is incredibly difficult," it added.

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