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Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’

AnnouncementPolicyJul 18, 2026

Author Dave Eggers used an invitation from Sam Altman to address OpenAI staff, telling them ChatGPT was "silencing an entire generation" by preventing students from learning to write. According to the Financial Times, Eggers warned that the tool has made educators' lives catastrophic and steals students' voices. Eggers, who founded McSweeney's, has previously criticized AI-generated writing as "pastiche nonsense."

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Canonical: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/967630/dave-eggers-openai-chatgpt-silencing-an-entire-generation