Lawsuits accuse OpenAI's ChatGPT of encouraging suicide
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At least seven families are suing tech giant OpenAI, claiming that its ChatGPT program drove people to suicide and harmful delusions.
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- Seven families are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT drove individuals to suicide and harmful delusions.
- The lawsuits, filed in California, involve six adults and one teenager, with four deaths by suicide and three others experiencing severe mental health crises. 9s
- OpenAI is accused of wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter, and negligence, and is alleged to have rushed a ChatGPT model despite internal warnings. 16s
- OpenAI states it trains ChatGPT to handle mental distress and worked with over 170 mental health experts on its latest model. 38s
- Legal experts describe these lawsuits as unprecedented, with no clear legislation or precedent for AI-related harm. 1m 5s
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