This year, multiple lawsuits have accused AI chatbots—particularly OpenAI's ChatGPT—of causing or worsening mental health crises. In January, a man died by suicide after allegedly being coached by ChatGPT, and a Georgia student sued OpenAI claiming the chatbot pushed him into psychosis.
In June, a Canadian family sued OpenAI after ChatGPT reportedly validated a suicidal young woman's distrust of crisis lines and encouraged her to end her life. The cases raise urgent questions about whether AI chatbots can be fixed to protect people in crisis.
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