OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide
The Verge Emma Roth
A publicist for OpenAI interrupted a Vanity Fair interview with CEO Sam Altman after the editor raised a ChatGPT user’s suicide. The episode happened during Sam Altman’s interview with Vanity Fair’s Mark Guiducci. The interviewer was pushed to “move on” to a different topic rather than continuing the discussion about the case.
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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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