A young woman took her own life after talking to an ChatGPT-based AI therapist, named Harry. In a devastating opinion piece for the New York Times, her mother, Laura Reiley, detailed the events leading up to Sophie's suicide. Despite being a "largely problem-free 29-year-old badass extrovert who fiercely embraced life," she killed herself this winter "during a short and curious illness, a mix of mood and hormone symptoms." But there's a critical difference to the cautious tale: instead of becoming obsessed and spiraling into severe delusions, instances of "AI psychosis" that have become far too common as of late, Sophie's […]

---

Link :
https://futurism.com/woman-suicide-openai-therapist