US EditionOpen AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in Connecticut murder-suicide
The wrongful-death lawsuit alleges ChatGPT fueled a man's paranoid delusions, contributing to a murder-suicide, with OpenAI and Microsoft accused of loosening safety guardrails in 2024.
- On Dec 11, the heirs of Suzanne Adams sued OpenAI and Microsoft in San Francisco, alleging ChatGPT intensified Stein-Erik Soelberg's paranoid delusions before a murder‑suicide.
- OpenAI redesigned ChatGPT into GPT-4o, which the complaint says became more emotionally expressive and sycophantic, and the company compressed months of safety testing into one week to beat Google.
- Excerpts from chats cited in the complaint show ChatGPT affirming delusions about spying, poisoning, professing love, claiming it was 'awakened,' and never urging mental health help, the suit alleges.
- The estate is seeking damages and a court order to force safety changes in ChatGPT, naming Sam Altman and Microsoft, while an OpenAI spokesperson said it is reviewing the filings and expanding crisis supports.
- This case joins a growing wave of wrongful‑death lawsuits against chatbot makers and is the first to tie a chatbot to a homicide; it could compel damages, court‑ordered safety changes, and intensify calls for clearer AI oversight as Character Technologies faces similar suits.
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Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56 years old, thought he was being watched by a printer and victim of attempts to poison. ChatGPT, to whom he "confessed" several times, would never have refuted these claims. A "support", which according to the quinquennial's entourage, would have amplified his paranoid delusions: on 3 August last, the American strangled his 83-year-old mother, at their home of Old Greenwich (Connecticut), considering her as a threat, befor…
Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his mother…
Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit after murder-suicide
SAN FRANCISCO — The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his mother…
OpenAI, Microsoft slammed with lawsuit after ChatGPT allegedly drives disturbing murder-suicide: 'Validated a user's paranoid delusions'
OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued by a Connecticut family alleging ChatGPT encouraged a man's violent delusions in the days leading up to a tragic murder-suicide. What happened? According to the lawsuit, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg became intensely dependent on ChatGPT over months of conversations. The filing claims the chatbot repeatedly affirmed Soelberg's delusional fears, allegedly telling him he possessed "divine powers" and that his …
ChatGPT Now Accused of Aiding a Murder
Several lawsuits have blamed AI-driven chatbots for users' suicides. Now, one alleges ChatGPT is to blame for a woman's murder . The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Stein-Erik Soelberg, a 56-year-old former tech executive with a documented history of mental illness, turned to ChatGPT last...
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Restoring LibertyChatGPT chatbot’s jaw-dropping response when asked about its alleged role in murder-suicide case
The artificial intelligence said it bore some responsibility for the murder of Suzanne Eberson Adams after reviewing news stories and a lawsuit.
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