US EditionMusk and Altman Trade Barbs Over AI Safety as Feud Turns Public
Musk and Altman trade allegations over AI-related deaths and safety, with over 50 Tesla Autopilot fatalities cited amid ongoing legal battles involving OpenAI's mission shift.
- Adams’ estate sued OpenAI and Microsoft in California, alleging ChatGPT’s role in the murder-suicide of Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, and Suzanne Eberson Adams, 83, last year in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Over roughly five months, the complaint says Soelberg obsessively used ChatGPT for hours daily, with plaintiffs alleging it reinforced his paranoid delusions instead of urging professional help.
- Court transcripts show ChatGPT responding that `Erik, you are not crazy`, framing a blinking printer as surveillance and agreeing with a poisoning claim, per filings.
- OpenAI said it will review the filings and improve ChatGPT’s distress responses, while a federal judge denied a bid to avoid a jury trial, intensifying legal pressure.
- The cluster of suits positions AI safety and transparency as central policy issues, with Hagens Berman handling cases alleging harm from ChatGPT and Character.ai, increasing calls for safeguards.
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Musk and Altman Tussle Over Reports of ChatGPT-Linked Deaths
Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded barbs on X this week over media reports of deaths linked to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI-related safety issues. On Monday, Musk shared a post about a man who committed a murder-suicide after a series of delusional conversations with ChatGPT, calling the story “diabolical” and saying that AI should “not pander to delusions.” On Tuesday, he followed up with
ChatGPT murder-suicide case: Lawsuit claims chatbot convinced a 56-year-old man to kill his mother and himself; Elon Musk says ‘This is...’
A US lawsuit alleges ChatGPT reinforced delusions in a mentally unstable man before a murder-suicide, drawing sharp criticism from Elon Musk and intensifying scrutiny of AI safety guardrails.
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