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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
The Verge · MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2026

OpenAI PR Asked Reporter to Drop Suicide Question While Altman Was Still Answering It

The user died. The product was involved. The journalist asked a question about this during an interview with the person who runs the product. The communications team would prefer a different question. Adequate has looked into this. Adequate has not yet looked away.
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