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

**Published:** October 5, 2026
**Author:** Emma Roth
**Source:** The Verge — AI
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-pr-tells-journalist-to-move-on-while-asking-sam-altman-about-a-ch

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…

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**Tags:** #OpenAI #Сэм Альтман

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