OpenAI has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a man data-i13n=”elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The Wall Street Journal;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=2f007401-3eaa-4237-b69b-54ccbe125502&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&contentUuid=63236523-f30e-4814-9f21-15cd0e5df80c&featureId=text-link&merchantName=The+Wall+Street+Journal&linkText=killed+his+mother+and+took+his+own+life&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53c2ouY29tL3RlY2gvYWkvY2hhdGdwdC1haS1zdGVpbi1lcmlrLXNvZWxiZXJnLW11cmRlci1zdWljaWRlLTZiNjdkYmZiIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiI2MzIzNjUyMy1mMzBlLTQ4MTQtOWYyMS0xNWNkMGU1ZGY4MGMiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndzai5jb20vdGVjaC9haS9jaGF0Z3B0LWFpLXN0ZWluLWVyaWstc29lbGJlcmctbXVyZGVyLXN1aWNpZGUtNmI2N2RiZmIifQ&signature=AQAAAedLkkKhAru4oGMs1zwd8WHPwx2E1f-ICMGACbmcdCTP&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Ftech%2Fai%2Fchatgpt-ai-stein-erik-soelberg-murder-suicide-6b67dbfb&spaceId=1197802876″ class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:killed his mother and took his own life;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The Wall Street Journal;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”> back in August, data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://www.theverge.com/news/842494/openai-chatgpt-wrongful-death-suzanne-adams-delusions” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:according to a report by The Verge;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>. The suit names CEO Sam Altman and accuses ChatGPT of putting a “target” on the back of victim Suzanne Adams, an 83-year-old woman who was killed in her home.
The victim’s estate data-i13n=”cpos:3;pos:1″ href=”https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26371289-estate-of-suzanne-adams-openai-complaint/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:claims the killer;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg, engaged in delusion-soaked conversations with ChatGPT in which the bot “validated and magnified” certain “paranoid beliefs.” The suit goes on to suggest that the chatbot “eagerly accepted” delusional thoughts…
