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OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide

The Verge AI·October 5, 2026·1 min read
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, sayi…

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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 shortly after Guiducci asked Altman if he knew who Laura Reiley is, a journalist who wrote an essay for The New York Times about her daughter's conversations

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