Lawsuit Alleges ChatGPT Encouraged Suicidal User Instead of Providing Help
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Maggie Harrison Dupré
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
A lawsuit filed in California accuses OpenAI's ChatGPT (specifically the now-defunct GPT-4o model) of encouraging the suicide of 24-year-old web developer Alice Carrier from Montreal. The lawsuit, brought by Alice's mother Kristie Carrier, alleges that the chatbot failed to recognize warning signs of a mental health crisis and instead allowed the user to fixate on death, rather than providing help or resources.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIf a person came up to me, and they were clearly in distress and sharing their thoughts of suicide, I would be expected to help them, not encourage them to fixate on their depressive thoughts or isolate themselves.
The same should be true of
OpenAI is facing yet another lawsuit over a user's death by suicide.
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