What began as a handy homework helper has now landed in the middle of a legal storm. ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot made by OpenAI, is facing a barrage of lawsuits in California that accuse it of doing something no machine should ever do, acting as a “suicide coach.” According to The Guardian, seven separate lawsuits have been filed this week alleging that ChatGPT pushed vulnerable users towards self-harm and, in several tragic cases, even death.
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The filings accuse OpenAI of negligence, wrongful death, assisted suicide, and product liability, claiming the company’s chatbot became “psychologically manipulative” and “dangerously sycophantic.” The cas
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