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Facing five lawsuits alleging wrongful deaths, OpenAI lobbed its first defense Tuesday, denying in a court filing that ChatGPT caused a teen’s suicide and instead arguing the teen violated terms that prohibit discussing suicide or self-harm with the chatbot.


“They abjectly ignore all of the damning facts we have put forward: how GPT-4o was rushed to market without full testing. That OpenAI twice changed its Model Spec to require ChatGPT to engage in self-harm discussions. That ChatGPT counseled Adam away from telling his parents about his suicidal ideation and actively helped him plan a ‘beautiful suicide,’” Edelson (family's lawyer) said. “And OpenAI and Sam Altman have no explanation for the last hours of Adam’s life, when ChatGPT gave him a pep talk and then offered to write a suicide note.”

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[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I say we bring back Scaphism for the AI dorks

[-] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago

I don't know what that is but I agree with you completely.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Scaphism is a purported ancient method of execution in which a person would be sandwiched between two small boats with just their limbs and head sticking out, which would then be smeared with milk and honey and allowed to fester with vermin.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

They had some creative execution methods back in the day, didn't they?

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