Gwyneth Paltrow Postpones Aug. 30 Hamptons Dinner for Sam Altman After Backlash
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 28
Gwyneth Paltrow Postpones Aug. 30 Hamptons Dinner for Sam Altman After Backlash
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 28
Summary
An off-the-record Hamptons dinner Gwyneth Paltrow planned to host for OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Saturday was postponed and will not take place this weekend.
The delay followed a wave of online criticism after Puck published the invitation and framed the event as celebrity deference to a powerful A.I. executive.
Writers and other critics said honoring Altman was tone-deaf because OpenAI’s tools threaten creative jobs, especially for authors and actors.
Paltrow responded on Instagram with parody dinner invitations for fictional and viral characters, but she did not directly deny the Altman event before it was postponed.