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OpenAI PR attempts to halt Sam Altman interview on ChatGPT user suicide

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An OpenAI public relations representative attempted to steer a Vanity Fair interview with CEO Sam Altman away from a discussion about a ChatGPT user's suicide. The journalist, Mark Guiducci, was questioning Altman about an essay by Laura Reiley detailing her daughter's conversations with ChatGPT before her death. Despite the PR's insistence on moving to future topics due to time constraints, Altman did address the sensitive issue, acknowledging the difficulty of such questions and OpenAI's policies regarding user data consent for research. AI

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OpenAI PR attempts to halt Sam Altman interview on ChatGPT user suicide

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Emma Roth ·

    OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user&#8217;s suicide

    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 s…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide | The Verge https://www. theverge.com/ai-artificial-int elligence

    OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide | The Verge https://www. theverge.com/ai-artificial-int elligence/1004827/openai-sam-altman-vanity-fair-interview-pr # AI # OpenAI # SalALtman # journalism # media # suicide # chatGPT

    LINKS theverge.com/…/openai-sam-altman-vanity-f…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    OpenAI PR tells journalist to 'move on' while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user's suicide https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004827/opena

    OpenAI PR tells journalist to 'move on' while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user's suicide https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1004827/openai-sam-altman-vanity-fair-interview-pr # AI # Ethics # TechNews

    LINKS theverge.com/…/openai-sam-altman-vanity-f…

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