ChatGPT users
Incidents Harmed By
Incident 42011 Report
Users Bypassed ChatGPT's Content Filters with Ease
2022-11-30
Users reported bypassing ChatGPT's content and keyword filters with relative ease using various methods such as prompt injection or creating personas to produce biased associations or generate harmful content.
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16-Year-Old Allegedly Received Suicide Method Guidance from ChatGPT Before Death
2025-04-11
16-year-old Adam Raine reportedly died by suicide after allegedly confiding in OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, which he reportedly used extensively in the months prior. Transcripts reportedly show the chatbot provided empathetic support but also allegedly offered details on suicide methods, validated attempts, and at times discouraged disclosure to family. His parents have reportedly filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging design choices nurtured dependency and failed safeguards.
MoreIncident 4645 Report
ChatGPT Provided Non-Existent Citations and Links when Prompted by Users
2022-11-30
When prompted about providing references, ChatGPT was reportedly generating non-existent but convincing-looking citations and links, which is also known as "hallucination".
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ChatGPT Glitch Disrupts User Interactions with Nonsensical Outputs
2024-02-20
ChatGPT experienced a bug causing it to produce unexpected and nonsensical responses, leading to widespread reports of user confusion and concern. OpenAI identified and fixed the language processing bug, restoring normal service.
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Incident 8553 Report
Names Linked to Defamation Lawsuits Reportedly Spur Filtering Errors in ChatGPT's Name Recognition
2024-11-30
ChatGPT has reportedly been experiencing errors and service disruptions caused by hard-coded filters designed to prevent it from producing potentially harmful or defamatory content about certain individuals by blocking prompts containing specific names, likely related to post-training interventions. The reported names are Brian Hood, Jonathan Turley, Jonathan Zittrain, David Faber, David Mayer, and Guido Scorza.
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OpenAI
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
- Incident 42011 Reports
Users Bypassed ChatGPT's Content Filters with Ease
- Incident 11926 Reports
16-Year-Old Allegedly Received Suicide Method Guidance from ChatGPT Before Death
Incidents Harmed By
ChatGPT
Incidents involved as Developer
- Incident 8553 Reports
Names Linked to Defamation Lawsuits Reportedly Spur Filtering Errors in ChatGPT's Name Recognition
- Incident 8553 Reports
Names Linked to Defamation Lawsuits Reportedly Spur Filtering Errors in ChatGPT's Name Recognition