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After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis

UNITED STATES, AUG 7 – A man developed severe bromide poisoning and psychosis after substituting sodium bromide for table salt based on ChatGPT advice, resulting in a three-week hospitalization.

Summary by Ars Technica
Literal “hallucinations” were the result.

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Ars Technica broke the news in United States on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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