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Man Suffers ChatGPT Psychosis, Murders His Own Mother

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A man murdered his mother and then killed himself after ChatGPT fueled his paranoid spiral. As The Wall Street Journal reports, a 56-year-old man named Stein-Erik Soelberg was a longtime tech industry worker who'd moved in with his mother, 83-year-old Suzanne Eberson Adams, in his hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut following his 2018 divorce. Soelberg, as the WSJ put it, was troubled: he had a history of instability, alcoholism, aggressive outbu…

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The conspiracies about his mother took over more and more of Stein-Erik Soelberg's life. He confided in his best friend – an understanding chatbot. In the end, the 56-year-old murdered

·Stockholm, Sweden
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A former Yahoo executive murdered his 83-year-old mother and then killed himself in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, after months of conversations with ChatGPT, whom he called "Bobby," and who was to reinforce his delusions and conspiracy theories, according to The Wall Street Journal. Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56 years old, lived with his mother Suzanne Eberson Adams in a $2.7 million house. On social networks, the former executive came to publish hours …

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Authorities investigate whether ChatGPT reinforced paranoia from a former Yahoo executive who murdered his mother in Connecticut and then took her own life.

·Mexico City, Mexico
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A man with mental disorders found in ChatGPT an unexpected ally. But far from helping him, AI has strengthened its delirious and murderous ideas.

·Paris, France
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illuminem.com broke the news in on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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