� Leaked email claims Sutskever pushed Altman’s 2023 firing over internal conflict

� A newly surfaced email from Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, written days after Sam Altman was fired in 2023, offers an alternative version of events.

� In the message to Microsoft communications chief Frank Shaw, Scott suggests Ilya Sutskever drove the decision and that the reasons went beyond AI safety.

� According to the email, tensions inside OpenAI had grown around compute allocation. The Applied side, including ChatGPT and the API, received priority because it generated revenue.

� Research teams faced GPU shortages and blamed Applied. Altman tried to expand capacity, but Scott claims Sutskever presented the situation to the board differently.

� The email also points to personal friction. Altman promoted Jakub Pachocki to lead core model research, after which progress accelerated.

� Scott writes that Sutskever struggled with this shift, as a former subordinate began solving problems he had not. The email frames this dynamic as a key trigger behind the board move.

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