The Verge1 hours ago·3 min read·medium

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

Emma Roth

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An OpenAI publicist interrupted an interview between CEO Sam Altman and Vanity Fair when the conversation turned to a ChatGPT user's suicide. The incident highlights the tension between corporate PR management and addressing the ethical implications of AI-related mental health crises.

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It raises critical questions about how AI companies handle accountability and public discourse regarding the real-world impact of their technology on vulnerable users.

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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 with ChatGPT before she took her own life. “Her daughter committed suicide after speaking to ChatGPT. ChatGPT did not tell her to kill herself—,” Guiducci said just before the publicist interrupted him.

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