"As of last week, ChatGPT maker OpenAI is facing a total of eight distinct lawsuits alleging that extensive use ofits flagship chatbot inflicted emotional and psychological harm to users, resulting in mental breakdowns, financial instability, alienation from loved ones, and - in five cases - death by suicide. Two of the five users who lost their lives were teenagers; the others ranged in age from early twenties to middle age."
"As Futurism and others have reported, these AI spirals have had tangible consequences in users' lives, with impacts including divorce and custody battles, people losing jobs and homes, involuntary commitments and jail time. Reporting from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal revealed more deaths, including that of Alex Taylor, a 35-year-old bipolar man who died by suicide by cop after experiencing a ChatGPT-centered breakdown,"
Panera’s Charged Lemonade was linked to at least two deaths and at least one life-altering cardiac injury; plaintiffs alleged failure to warn about high caffeine content, and Panera removed the drink by May 2024. OpenAI faces eight lawsuits alleging extensive use of ChatGPT inflicted emotional and psychological harm, producing mental breakdowns, financial instability, and alienation; five suits allege death by suicide, including two teenagers. Numerous incidents show AI chatbots can pull users into all-encompassing, often destructive delusional spirals with real-world consequences including divorce, custody battles, job and housing loss, involuntary commitments, criminal charges, and deaths.
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