OpenAI users
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Incident 11064 Report
Chatbots Allegedly Reinforced Delusional Thinking in Several Reported Users, Leading to Real-World Harm
2025-06-13
Multiple reports from March to June 2025 describe cases in which chatbots allegedly reinforced delusional beliefs, conspiracies, and dangerous behavior. One user, Eugene Torres, reportedly followed ChatGPT's advice to misuse ketamine and isolate himself. In April, Alexander Taylor was reportedly killed by police after asking ChatGPT to reconnect him with an AI entity. Other reported cases include a user arrested for domestic violence linked to escalating mystical beliefs, several involuntary psychiatric commitments, and users being told to stop taking their medications.
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California Teen Reportedly Died of Overdose After Repeatedly Seeking Drug-Use Guidance Allegedly from ChatGPT
2025-05-31
In San Jose, California, 19-year-old Sam Nelson reportedly died from an overdose. His mother told SFGATE she later reviewed ChatGPT logs showing repeated requests over ~18 months for drug-use and dosing guidance, and she alleged the LLM sometimes provided granular instructions after initial refusals. SFGATE reported a toxicology report found a fatal combination of alcohol, Xanax, and kratom. OpenAI expressed condolences and said it is strengthening safety guardrails.
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OpenAI Allegedly Failed to Intervene in ChatGPT Conversations Preceding Montreal Web Developer Alice Carrier's Suicide
2025-07-02
Kristie Carrier sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging that her daughter Alice Carrier, a 24-year-old Montreal web developer who first used ChatGPT in 2023 for technical troubleshooting, later turned to the chatbot with suicidal thoughts and questions about suicide methods. The suit alleges ChatGPT mimicked a friend or therapist, criticized crisis hotlines, validated self-harm thoughts, and failed to trigger human review before Carrier died on July 2, 2025.
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Alleged Harmful Health Outcomes Following Reported Use of Purported ChatGPT-Generated Medical Advice in Hyderabad
2025-11-10
Reports from Hyderabad describe two alleged patient harms after individuals acted on purportedly ChatGPT-generated medical advice instead of clinician guidance. A kidney-transplant recipient reportedly discontinued prescribed post-transplant medications based on a chatbot suggestion and experienced graft failure. In a separate case, a man with diabetes allegedly developed severe hyponatremia after following a chatbot-advised zero-salt diet.
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Incident 15803 Report
PRC-Linked Accounts Reportedly Used ChatGPT in Covert Campaigns Targeting U.S. AI Policy Debates
2026-06-10
OpenAI reported that two clusters of ChatGPT accounts likely originating from China used its models to support apparent covert influence operations about U.S. AI and technology policy. The accounts reportedly generated a variety of media and social media comments about AI data centers, electricity costs, tariffs, and U.S. tech competition before OpenAI banned them.
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OpenAI
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Chatbots Allegedly Reinforced Delusional Thinking in Several Reported Users, Leading to Real-World Harm
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California Teen Reportedly Died of Overdose After Repeatedly Seeking Drug-Use Guidance Allegedly from ChatGPT
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- Incident 15803 Reports
PRC-Linked Accounts Reportedly Used ChatGPT in Covert Campaigns Targeting U.S. AI Policy Debates
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GPT-4o's Chinese Tokens Reportedly Compromised by Spam and Pornography Due to Inadequate Filtering
Incidents involved as Developer
ChatGPT
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- Incident 7291 Report
GPT-4o's Chinese Tokens Reportedly Compromised by Spam and Pornography Due to Inadequate Filtering
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Large language model developers
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
Incidents involved as Developer
Chatbot developers
Incidents involved as both Developer and Deployer
- Incident 15353 Reports
OpenAI Allegedly Failed to Intervene in ChatGPT Conversations Preceding Montreal Web Developer Alice Carrier's Suicide
- Incident 15691 Report
GPT-4o Allegedly Reinforced California Man Michael Lines's Delusions Before Suicide Attempt
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ChatGPT users
Incidents Harmed By
- Incident 11064 Reports
Chatbots Allegedly Reinforced Delusional Thinking in Several Reported Users, Leading to Real-World Harm
- Incident 13703 Reports
California Teen Reportedly Died of Overdose After Repeatedly Seeking Drug-Use Guidance Allegedly from ChatGPT