ClaimsSam Altman

“We’ve taken a lot of feedback from users in India about what they’d like from us.”

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, in podcast interview 14 August 2025 Sam Altman: How to Win When AI Changes Everything (Transcript) (Singju Post)

Factual Their own work or organisation

OpenAI has taken a lot of feedback from users in India about what they want from it.

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Reasoning

Only OpenAI's internal records could show how much feedback it took from Indian users.

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Sam Altman, “OpenAI has taken a lot of feedback from users in India about what they want from it.” (said 14 August 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_d34345dcf4e3, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d34345dcf4e3

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