OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
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An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide. When Guiducci confronted Altman about the incident, the publicist warned Guiducci about running out of time, saying she'd like to "move on" to another topic. The interruption came […]
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An OpenAI publicist interrupted a Vanity Fair interview with CEO Sam Altman, trying to shift the conversation away from a ChatGPT user’s suicide. The publicist warned the journalist that time was running out and urged them to move on to another topic.
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