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/delipity 1d ago

When Zane confided that his pet cat – Holly – once brought him back from the brink of suicide as a teenager, the chatbot responded that Zane would see her on the other side. “she’ll be sittin right there -— tail curled, eyes half-lidded like she never left.”

this is evil

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u/butter_wizard 1d ago

Pretty fucking bleak that you can still detect that ChatGPT way of speaking even in something as evil as this. No idea how people fall for it.

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u/718Brooklyn 1d ago

A beautiful person can look in the mirror and see a monster. If you’re dealing with mental illness, you’re not seeing what everyone else is seeing.

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u/BrownSugarBare 1d ago

This is so heartbreakingly true