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OpenAI PR interrupts Vanity Fair question to Sam Altman about ChatGPT user suicide

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

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During an interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Vanity Fair editor Mark Guiducci mentioned a ChatGPT user who died by suicide after speaking with the chatbot. An OpenAI public-relations representative immediately asked to 'change the subject' because of time, saying there were two minutes left and they wanted to discuss the future.

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