I listened to that and I'm pretty sure it was this [0] interview with the WSJ, Altman, and Mira Murati. If I'm wrong about that, well, it's still of interest given Mira Murati just took over running OpenAI.
I watched that clipped and you're wrong it's a completely normal interaction. Murati says "we're always working on the next thing" and Altman jokes "haha that's such a diplomatic answer" and the interviewer is like "who paired these two?". It's just standard humor.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byYlC2cagLw