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

The Verge AIOctober 5, 2026en

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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