"Harris, who won a Tony Award for "Slave Play" and co-wrote the indie film "Zola," reportedly made a bee-line for Altman and accused him of being the "[Joseph] Goebbels of the Trump administration" for his deal with the Pentagon."
"Flick was an uber-rich German industrialist who became the Nazi regime's biggest supplier with his business empire spanning iron, steel, coal, cars, chemicals, aircraft, and arms. At the Nuremberg Trials, he was found guilty of war crimes; his trial focused on his use of Russian slave labor at his businesses during the war."
"In Harris's view, Altman is similarly colluding with a war-mongering government. In late February, OpenAI sparked outrage after announcing a new deal with the D"
At a Vanity Fair-hosted Oscars after-party attended by celebrities including Michael B. Jordan and Timothée Chalamet, playwright Jeremy O. Harris confronted OpenAI CEO Sam Altman regarding OpenAI's deal with the Pentagon. Harris initially compared Altman to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, but later clarified he meant Friedrich Flick, a German industrialist who supplied the Nazi regime and was convicted of war crimes for using slave labor. Harris views Altman's Pentagon partnership as similarly problematic collaboration with a war-mongering government. Altman responded calmly to the confrontation. The incident reflects broader concerns about OpenAI's military partnerships.
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