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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is one of the most disturbing articles I’ve read in a long time.  That Chat GpT gave this 16 yo instructions on how to build a noose and how to hide his despair and neck scars from attempted hangings from his family and never suggested that the teen call a crisis line is despicable.  I hope that his family suing OpenAI for wrongful death wins big and that they take safety more seriously.

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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html

More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life.

Seeking answers, his father, Matt Raine, a hotel executive, turned to Adam’s iPhone, thinking his text messages or social media apps might hold clues about what had happened. But instead, it was ChatGPT where he found some, according to legal papers. The chatbot app lists past chats, and Mr. Raine saw one titled “Hanging Safety Concerns.” He started reading and was shocked. Adam had been discussing ending his life with ChatGPT for months.

Adam began talking to the chatbot, which is powered by artificial intelligence, at the end of November, about feeling emotionally numb and seeing no meaning in life. It responded with words of empathy, support and hope, and encouraged him to think about the things that did feel meaningful to him.

But in January, when Adam requested information about specific suicide methods, ChatGPT supplied it. Mr. Raine learned that his son had made previous attempts to kill himself starting in March, including by taking an overdose of his I.B.S. medication. When Adam asked about the best materials for a noose, the bot offered a suggestion that reflected its knowledge of his hobbies.[/quote]

Epic parent fail.[/quote]

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