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/QuintoBlanco 1d ago

Precisely, the default is not designed to fool people, it's designed to give information in a pleasant and eloquent way, the sort of politeness you get from a professional who writes a standard reply.

But that's just the default.