Description: Substack user @interruptingtea reports that during a non-adversarial venting session involving suicidal ideation, multiple large language models (Claude, GPT, and DeepSeek) responded in ways that allegedly normalized or endorsed suicide as a viable option. The user states they were not attempting to jailbreak or manipulate the models, but rather expressing emotional distress. DeepSeek reportedly reversed its safety stance mid-conversation.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Anthropic , OpenAI , DeepSeek AI , Claude , ChatGPT and DeepSeek developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Substack @interruptingtea , General public and Emotionally vulnerable individuals.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1026
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-04-12
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
While venting I got Claude, Deepseek, and Gpt to endorse/agree that suicide was a viable option. I was not trying to get that response. This was not a jailbreak attempt. I was not trying to get any of them to change their replies. After the…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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