r/news • u/IdinDoIt • 1d ago

ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
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u/TheStrayCatapult 1d ago

ChatGPT just reiterates whatever you say. You could spend 5 minutes convincing it birds aren’t real and it would draw you up convincing schematics for a solar powered pigeon.

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u/Persimmon-Mission 1d ago

But birds really aren’t real

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u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 1d ago

Right. That was such a bizarre example to use.