The Verge
7/18/2026
Author Dave Eggers criticized ChatGPT's impact on education in talk to OpenAI staff
Original: Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Short summary
Author Dave Eggers was invited by Sam Altman to speak to ~200 OpenAI employees but used the platform to sharply criticize ChatGPT's impact on education, telling staff they had 'silenced an entire generation' of writers and made teachers' lives 'catastrophic.' The talk highlights growing tension between AI companies and the creative and educational communities. Eggers is a prominent novelist, journalist, and founder of McSweeney's and multiple schools supporting writers.
- •Dave Eggers criticized OpenAI staff, saying ChatGPT 'silenced an entire generation'
- •Eggers was invited by Sam Altman to speak to ~200 OpenAI employees
- •He argued ChatGPT's effect on educators is 'catastrophic'
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