‘Totally wrong’ about antisemitism in US, says Sam Altman

Sam Altman, the creator of Chat GPT, who is Jewish, in a recent tweet stated that for a long time he said that anti-Semitism in the United States was not as bad as people claimed. He then stated that he was ‘totally wrong’.

He also said that he doesn’t understand it and that he doesn’t know what to do about it.

for a long time i said that antisemitism, particularly on the american left, was not as bad as people claimed.

i’d like to just state that i was totally wrong.

i still don’t understand it, really. or know what to do about it.

but it is so fucked.

— Sam Altman (@sama) December 8, 2023

Antisemitism cases have been on the rise across the US and other European countries, like Germany and France, as well.

Students have taken it upon themselves to protest the rise of antisemitism at MIT after the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday refused to condemn calls for violence against Jews when questioned by Congress about their responses to such incidents of anti-Semitism on their campuses.

“This is the same climate of antisemitism that has led to the massacre of Jews throughout the centuries. This is not just harassment. This is our lives on the line,” MIT student Talia Khan said on Wednesday as she addressed a gathering of students

"This is the same climate of antisemitism that has led to the massacre of Jews throughout the centuries. This is not just harassment. This is our lives on the line." @MIT student Talia Khan highlights the rise of antisemitism at MIT. pic.twitter.com/zXb03xodXb

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) December 5, 2023

Graduate student Khan addressed the assembly, accusing the MIT administration of failing to address the problem of widespread antisemitism on campus. She continued by saying that the MIT administration has consistently disregarded its own regulations against antisemitic speech and behaviour on campus.

Students have taken it upon themselves to protest the rise of antisemitism at MIT after the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday refused to condemn calls for violence against Jews when questioned by Congress about their responses to such incidents of antisemitism on their campuses.

The students were drawing attention to how antisemitism increased at MIT during the conflict between Israel and Hamas.