"Will I be OK?" Teen died after ChatGPT pushed deadly mix of drugs, lawsuit says
ndr42
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May 12, 2026
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ndr42
[OpenAI] also emphasized that the ChatGPT model implicated is no longer available and suggested that current models are safer and "The safeguards in ChatGPT today are designed to [...] safely handle harmful requests These sentences are certainly meant as a defense, but to some they may also sound like an admission.
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A more active thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110689