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Greek husband says his wife filed for divorce after ChatGPT, asked to read their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair

A Greek husband said on the morning show To Proino in April 2025 that his wife of 12 years filed for divorce after she photographed their Greek coffee cups and asked ChatGPT to 'read' them, in the manner of traditional coffee-ground fortune-telling. According to his account, relayed by Greek City Times and international outlets, the chatbot said he was fantasising about a woman whose name began with E and that he was already cheating, and that the other woman wanted to destroy their home. He said he laughed it off, but his wife asked him to leave, told their two children they were divorcing, and had him served with divorce papers three days later when he refused a mutual separation. He said she had earlier spent a year persuaded by an astrologer; his lawyer said a chatbot's reading has no legal standing. The account is the husband's; the wife's account, the chatbot's actual replies and the outcome of the proceedings are not reported.

AI system
ChatGPT (reported)
Occurred
Event date unknown
Reported
25 April 2025
Event location
Greece
What the AI did
Made a claim about the person · Informed a human decision about the person
Reported harm
Relationship Disruption
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Relationships · Everyday life
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution alleged · 3 sources, 1 underlying account
5 claims: 5 reported. 4 open questions
People reported harmed
1 person

AI system as recorded: ChatGPT, which the husband says his wife asked to interpret photographs of their coffee cups

What Happened

The reading. The husband told To Proino that his wife, who 'is often into trendy things', made Greek coffee, photographed both cups and asked ChatGPT to read them. By his account, the reply for his cup described a woman with the initial E whom he was fantasising about and was destined to begin a relationship with, and the reply for her cup said he was already cheating and that the other woman wanted to destroy their home.

What followed. He said he laughed it off, but she took it seriously, asked him to leave, told their children they were getting divorced and contacted a lawyer. When he refused a mutual separation he was served with divorce papers three days later.

Context and responses. The husband said that years earlier his wife had spent about a year persuaded by an astrologer. His lawyer said claims made by an AI chatbot have no legal standing and that the husband is innocent until proven otherwise.

Limits. All of this is the husband's account, first given on television and relayed by Greek City Times and later international outlets that cite it. The chatbot's replies were not published, the wife has not been heard, and the date of the reading, the court and the result of the divorce proceedings are not reported.

Reported harm

A husband says his wife asked him to leave, told their children they were divorcing and served him with divorce papers after ChatGPT, asked to read their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair (his account on Greek television).

Outcome

Unknown

By the husband's account he was served with divorce papers and his lawyer said the chatbot's reading has no legal standing. The result of the proceedings is not reported.

What remains unknown

  • When exactly the reading took place; the husband said it was in the months before his April 2025 interview, as part of a viral trend.
  • The chatbot's actual replies; no screenshot or transcript was published.
  • The wife's own account and whether other reasons lay behind the divorce filing.
  • The court and the outcome of the divorce proceedings.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. The husband says ChatGPT, given photographs of their coffee cups, replied that he was fantasising about a woman with the initial E and was already cheating, and that his wife acted on that reply by asking him to leave and filing for divorce within days. The chatbot's claim about him and its use in his wife's decision rest on his account; the replies themselves were not published.

5 claims: 5 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported According to the husband's account on the Greek morning show To Proino, his wife photographed their Greek coffee cups and asked ChatGPT to read them.

Causal attribution. The husband's account in a television interview, relayed by Greek City Times; the chatbot's replies were not published.

  • greekcitytimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    “One day, she made us Greek coffee and thought it would be fun to take pictures of the cups and have ChatGPT ‘read’ them.”
Reported He says ChatGPT's reading claimed he was fantasising about a woman whose name began with E and was destined to begin a relationship with her, and that the reading of her cup said he was already cheating and the other woman wanted to destroy their home.

Causal attribution. The content of the chatbot's reply comes only from the husband's account as relayed; no screenshot or transcript is published.

  • greekcitytimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    According to the chatbot, his cup revealed a mysterious woman with the initial “E” that he was supposedly fantasizing about — and with whom he was destined to begin a relationship. His wife’s cup, on the other hand, painted a much darker picture: that he was already cheating and the “other woman” wanted to destroy their home.
  • hindustantimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    The bot allegedly revealed that her husband’s cup showed he was "destined to be with a mysterious woman with the initial 'E'," while hers indicated betrayal and a threat to her household.
Reported He says his wife took the reading seriously, asked him to leave, told their children they were divorcing, and, when he refused a mutual separation, had him served with divorce papers three days later.

Causal attribution. The husband's account; the wife's own account and the court filing were not inspected.

  • greekcitytimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    “I laughed it off as nonsense,” the husband said. “But she took it seriously. She asked me to leave, told our kids we were getting divorced, and then I got a call from a lawyer. That’s when I realized this wasn’t just a phase.”; When he refused to agree to a mutual separation, he was formally served with divorce papers just three days later.
  • hindustantimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    Refusing a mutual separation, the woman formally served him divorce papers just three days later.
Reported The husband said his wife had earlier spent about a year persuaded by an astrologer, and his lawyer said a chatbot's reading has no legal standing and that he is innocent until proven otherwise.

Causal attribution. The husband's and his lawyer's statements as relayed; they bear on the wife's susceptibility and are not findings.

  • greekcitytimes.com(opens in new tab) supports · English
    “A few years ago, she visited an astrologer and it took a whole year for her to accept that none of it was real,” he said.; His lawyer emphasized that the claims made by an AI chatbot have no legal standing and stressed that the husband is “innocent until proven otherwise.”
Reported A Greek report of 25 April 2025 says the husband's lawyer, speaking on the Ant1 channel, confirmed that the wife relies on ChatGPT's analysis in claiming that her husband is having an affair; the husband said the reading took place in the preceding months as part of a viral trend.

Causal attribution. The husband's side (his lawyer and his own interview) as relayed; the wife's petition itself was not inspected.

  • gargalianoionline.gr(opens in new tab) supports · Greek
    'η σύζυγος υποστηρίζει -με βάση την ανάλυση του ChatGPT- ότι ο άντρας διατηρεί εξωσυζυγική σχέση' ... 'σε τηλεοπτική του παρέμβαση στον Ant1' ... 'Τους προηγούμενους μήνες στο πλαίσιο κάποιου viral trend'

Sources

3 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

English article of 26 April 2025 read in full on 2026-10-24 by the research agent (an AI); no translation required. It relays the husband's interview on the Greek television show To Proino, which was not itself inspected. Applies to s1.

English article read in full on 2026-10-24 by the research agent (an AI); no translation required. It cites Greek City Times and shares its independence group. Applies to s2.

Greek article of 25 April 2025 (credited to newsbomb.gr) read on 2026-10-24 by the research agent (an AI); quoted passages kept in Greek and rendered into English by the research agent, not a human translator. It relays the husband's To Proino interview and his lawyer's statement on Ant1, both from the husband's side, so it shares the husband's independence group. Applies to s3.

Event countries: Greece. Affected-person countries: Greece. Court countries: Unknown.

Greek City Times describes a Greek woman and her husband, who told his story on the Greek morning show To Proino, and the divorce papers served in that account; the town and court are not given.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-24: Published as a single relationship event: a husband says on Greek television that his wife asked him to leave and filed for divorce after ChatGPT, asked to read photographs of their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair. The chatbot's claim about him and its use in her decision are his account, attributed throughout; his lawyer's response is included and the wife has not been heard.

People described

A Greek husband, married 12 years with two children, who says he was served with divorce papers after the chatbot's reading

People reported harmed in this case

1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

One person: the husband, who says he was asked to leave and served with divorce papers. The wife used the chatbot; no harm to her is described. The children are not counted because no effect on them is reported beyond being told.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#chatgpt#relationship-disruption#marriage#divorce#fortune-telling

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APA

NOPE. (2026). Greek husband says his wife filed for divorce after ChatGPT, asked to read their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2025-greece-husband-says-wife-filed-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-coffee-cup-reading-claimed-he-was-having-an-affair

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  title = {Greek husband says his wife filed for divorce after ChatGPT, asked to read their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2025-greece-husband-says-wife-filed-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-coffee-cup-reading-claimed-he-was-having-an-affair}
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