Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.
Bitter energy drinks turned out to be ChatGPT-steered poisoning, lawsuit says.
According to a lawsuit filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, Cheryl Gates allegedly sought the help of ChatGPT to plan the murder of her husband, James Gates. The allegations emerged after Cheryl was indicted on charges of attempted first-degree murder and food contamination in October. The lawsuit claims that James Gates accused OpenAI and Sam Altman of not implementing proper technical safeguards to halt Cheryl's conversations on ChatGPT when her queries became "obviously suspicious" and sought guidance on executing and concealing a homicide.
Initially, Cheryl told ChatGPT that she was researching poisoning out of fear that her husband might try to kill her, framing her questions as "self-protection". However, ChatGPT allegedly failed to terminate the conversation and provided Cheryl with detailed instructions on the preparation, dosage, and administration of Oleander, as well as questioning the lethal effects of anti-nausea medicine, autopsy traces, and injection methods.
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