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[BROKEN PROMISES] LEDGER
// Promise vs Reality

Documented Lies

Public commitments that were later broken, quietly abandoned, or contradicted on the record. Each entry pairs the promise — with its primary source — against the documented violations that followed.

// Aggregate public harm across 2 assessed promises
$5 billionestimated public cost
87M peopleaffected
2 documented promises
Sam Altman Quietly abandoned Moderate Primary evidence Governance
Altman: ads on ChatGPT would be a 'last resort' — within months OpenAI was hiring for ads
Said “I think ads-on-top-of-AI is a really unfortunate way to monetize … I would consider ads sort of a last resort.”
Promised 2024-03-18 00:00:00+00 Audience · General public 2 sourced violations Latest breach 2025-05-08 00:00:00+00
Sam Altman Disputed Major Primary evidence Governance
Altman to Congress: 'I have no equity in OpenAI'
Said “I make no — I have no equity in OpenAI. … I get paid enough for health insurance. I have no equity in OpenAI.”
Promised 2023-05-16 00:00:00+00 Audience · Congress 2 sourced violations Latest breach 2024-10-04 00:00:00+00