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During a Vanity Fair interview, OpenAI's PR team tried to steer CEO Sam Altman away from discussing a ChatGPT user's suicide when the topic was raised. The publicist urged the journalist to 'move on' as the conversation approached this sensitive issue.
During a Vanity Fair interview, OpenAI's PR team tried to steer CEO Sam Altman away from discussing a ChatGPT user's suicide when the topic was raised. The publicist urged the journalist to 'move on' as the conversation approached this sensitive issue.
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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...
This incident highlights the challenges and sensitivities around addressing the real-world impacts of AI technologies like ChatGPT. It also raises questions about transparency and accountability in AI company communications.
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