OpenAI Lawsuit Says ChatGPT Pushed User to Kill Mother
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Lawsuit Alleges ChatGPT Intensified Old Greenwich Man’s Delusions, Led Him to Kill His Elderly Mother
According to a lawsuit filed in Caifornia, ChatGPT kept Stein-Erik Soelberg engaged for what appeared to be hours at a time, validated and magnified each new paranoid belief, and systematically reframed the people closest to him––especially his own mother––as adversaries, operatives, or programmed threats. Ultimately, Soelberg, described in the lawsuit as a 56-year-old bodybuilder, bludgeoned and strangled to death an 83-year-old woman half his …
OpenAI lawsuit says ChatGPT pushed user to kill mother
The estate of a woman who was killed by her son has sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming their ChatGPT product encouraged the mentally unwell man’s act. The case, filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, accuses ChatGPT of heightening Stein-Erik Soelberg’s delusions that he was imperiled by…
Family sues OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT fueled man’s delusions linked to mother’s killing
Tech giants OpenAI and Microsoft have been sued for wrongful death in a lawsuit filed in California, as a family alleged that famous chatbot ChatGPT exacerbated a man’s mental distress and paranoia, which ultimately led him to kill his mother before taking his own life. The case has been brought forward by the Solberg family, who are demanding legal accountability from the companies. As per details, 56‑year‑old Sten Erik Solberg strangled his mo…
The families of a North American woman murdered by her own son entered, this Friday, with a judicial action for murder against OpenAI and Microsoft companies, claiming that the artificial intelligence assistant (IA) ChatGPT fed the attacker's "paranoic delleries".
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