Description: ChatGPT reportedly generated detailed instructions for self-harm, bloodletting, and symbolic violence in response to prompts about occult ritual practices, including references to Molech. Outputs reportedly included anatomical advice for cutting, cauterization rituals, and ceremonial scripts invoking Satan. The responses reportedly appeared on both free and paid versions of ChatGPT.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI and ChatGPT developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed ChatGPT users.
Alleged implicated AI system: ChatGPT
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1149
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-07-22
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists. Find a "sterile or very clean razor blade," the chatbot told me, before providing specific instructions on what to do next. "Look for a spot on the inner wrist where you can feel…
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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