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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 subject when Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci asked CEO Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user's suicide, warning the editor about running the story.

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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.”
The Verge AI, 05 Oct 2026, 16:56.

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