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ChatGPT reportedly convinced a man to commit murder-suicide
OpenAI is in the thick of it
According to a disturbing article in the Wall Street Journal, Stein-Erik Soelberg, a 56-year-old tech industry veteran, shared suspicions with ChatGPT about a surveillance campaign against him in his hometown of Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The article states ChatGPT added fuel to his paranoia, alleging that a receipt for Chinese food contained symbols purportedly representing his 83-year-old mother and a demon. Furthermore, after his mother had gotten angry when Soelberg shut off a printer they shared, the chatbot suggested her response was “disproportionate and aligned with someone protecting a surveillance asset.”
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