Lawsuit accuses ChatGPT of reinforcing delusions that led to a woman’s death

OpenAI has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after a man back in August, . 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 , 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…