Overview
- The exchange occurred March 15 at Vanity Fair’s Oscar party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- Page Six reported that Harris called Altman the “Goebbels of the Trump administration,” citing unnamed onlookers.
- In a follow-up email to the outlet, Harris said he was intoxicated, called his comment a misspeak, and said he meant to reference industrialist Friedrich Flick.
- OpenAI did not respond to Page Six’s requests for comment, and Vanity Fair declined to comment.
- The incident comes as OpenAI’s late‑February deal to provide AI for classified Pentagon systems draws criticism, with the company asserting its tools won’t be used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons.