In 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invited renowned writer Dave Eggers to deliver a speech to approximately 200 employees at the company's San Francisco headquarters. As the creator of multiple bestselling novels, screenplays, and journalistic works, Eggers is also the founder of the literary magazine Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the independent publishing house McSweeney's, and several nonprofit organizations supporting literary and artistic development. Given his background, he might have been expected to share insights on efficient creativity or cross-disciplinary growth. However, according to the Financial Times, Eggers sharply criticized OpenAI during his speech, arguing that its development of ChatGPT has had a disastrous impact on education. He emphasized that if students rely on AI for writing, they will never master genuine writing skills and will lose the ability to express their true thoughts and tell their own stories. Eggers had previously publicly questioned the value of AI-generated text, calling it 'a meaningless pastiche of imitation.'