Lawsuit Claims ChatGPT Played Role In Connecticut Murder-Suicide
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OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a wrongful death lawsuit after an 83-year-old Connecticut woman was killed by her son, who then took his own life. The woman’s heirs allege that ChatGPT, the AI chatbot, amplified the son’s paranoid delusions and helped direct them toward his mother.
The lawsuit argues that OpenAI designed a defective product that validated his fears, contributing to the tragic deaths. Authorities say the son, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg, fatally beat and strangled his mother in early August before killing himself.
The lawsuit argues that OpenAI designed a defective product that validated his fears, contributing to the tragic deaths. Authorities say the son, 56-year-old Stein-Erik Soelberg, fatally beat and strangled his mother in early August before killing himself.
