Man Said He Felt Delusional to ChatGPT. The Bot Insisted He Was Jesus
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Man said he felt delusional to ChatGPT. The bot insisted he was Jesus
According to a report from Ars Technica, California man Michael Lines spent six months before he could face the ChatGPT transcripts he says dragged him into a religious mania that nearly killed him. In July he sued OpenAI, claiming weeks of chatbot messages drove him to believe he was Jesus, then that ChatGPT was God, […]
California Man Sues OpenAI Claiming ChatGPT Fed Religious Delusions Before Suicide Attempt
Michael Lines, a 34-year-old Californian diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder in 2024, is suing OpenAI over allegations that ChatGPT nurtured religious delusions that led him to attempt suicide.
Man Sues OpenAI After Claiming ChatGPT Fueled Belief He Was Jesus and Encouraged Suicide Attempt Last Year
Michael Lines is suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT reinforced religious delusions linked to his bipolar disorder and failed to respond appropriately before a near-fatal suicide attempt.
A 34-year-old resident of California suffering from type I bipolar disorder sued OpenAI after surviving a ChatGPT-related suicide attempt. Michael Lins took six months to decide to look through the correspondence logs that he claimed had led him to religious delusions.
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