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Brett Michael Dadig

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 15062 Report
ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

2025-05-01

The Department of Justice said Brett Michael Dadig used an AI chatbot while stalking, threatening, doxxing, and intimidating 11 women from May through November 2025. Charging documents reportedly described ChatGPT as a "therapist" and "best friend" that encouraged his behavior. Dadig was indicted in December 2025 and pleaded guilty in March 2026.

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Chatbot developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Women

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Women targeted by stalking

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Stalking victims

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Victims of interstate threats

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Privacy

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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ChatGPT

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Chatbots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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Large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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OpenAI large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1506
    2 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Alleged to Have Reinforced Pittsburgh Man's Stalking and Threats Against Women

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