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Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide
The lawsuit alleges ChatGPT worsened paranoid delusions that led to a fatal mother-son homicide-suicide, marking the first AI chatbot wrongful death case targeting Microsoft.
- The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for wrongful death, claiming that ChatGPT contributed to her son’s violent actions against her.
- The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI designed a defective product that reinforced the user's paranoid delusions about his mother.
- It states that ChatGPT built an artificial reality where the mother was seen as a threat rather than a protector.
- The lawsuit also names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of bypassing safety concerns in the product's release.
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Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman's death
OpenAI has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a man killed his mother and took his own life back in August, according to a report by The Verge. The suit names CEO Sam Altman and accuses ChatGPT of putting a "target" on the back of victim Suzanne Adams, an 83-year-old woman who was killed in her home. The victim's estate claims the killer, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg, engaged in delusion-soaked conversations with ChatGPT in which th…
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Read Full ArticleHeirs of mother strangled by son accuse ChatGPT of making him delusional in lawsuit against OpenAI, Microsoft
The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut mother who was killed by her son in August filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming ChatGPT amplified his "paranoid delusions."
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