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OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

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OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues. The lawsuits filed Thursday in California state courts allege wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter and negligence.

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    OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues. The lawsuits filed Thursday in California state courts allege wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter and negligence.

  2. New York Post

    ChatGPT drove users to suicide, psychosis and financial ruin: California lawsuits (opens New York Post)

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    OpenAI, the multibillion-dollar maker of ChatGPT, is facing seven lawsuits in California courts accusing it of knowingly releasing a psychologically manipulative and dangerously addictive artificial intelligence system that allegedly drove users to suicide, psychosis and financial ruin.

  3. WMUR

    OpenAI faces lawsuits claiming ChatGPT led to suicide and delusions (opens WMUR)

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    OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues

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