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The poster handle is not recorded.","independence_group":"reddit-offmychest-chatgpt-curvy"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The exact wording of ChatGPT's reply and whether it said anything else, such as advice against weight loss.","The poster's age, location and any prior history of disordered eating.","Whether the poster fasted and how they fared after the day of the post.","The exact date of the conversation: the post of 12 October 2026 places it on the previous night, and the poster's time zone is unknown."],"geography":{"basis":"The post names no place. It mentions an outfit for a holiday meal, which is not used to locate the poster, and the subreddit implies no country. 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The conversation itself was not published.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"First-person post: poster with a stated BMI of 18.3 says ChatGPT called their body curvy with natural fullness, which sent them spiralling and planning to fast","summary":"In a post to r/offmychest on 12 October 2026, an anonymous poster says they have a BMI of 18.3 but carry weight in their thighs and are self-conscious about them. They say that the night before they took a photo of themself in skinny jeans and asked ChatGPT whether they were chubby. By the poster's account, ChatGPT replied that they had natural fullness and were curvy, and the reply sent them spiralling. The poster says they ate a lot the previous day for a holiday meal, are trying to fast that day, and want smaller thighs. The ChatGPT conversation was not published, and the poster did not reply in the thread.","incidentDate":"2026-10-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-10-12","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, which by the poster's account was asked, after the poster took a photo in skinny jeans, whether they were chubby, and replied that they had natural fullness and were curvy","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A poster with a stated BMI of 18.3 says ChatGPT described their body as curvy with natural fullness when asked whether they were chubby, and that the reply sent them spiralling and that they were trying to fast the next day (first-person account, uncorroborated).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One person: the poster, who used ChatGPT and reports the distress and the plan to fast.","victimAgeRange":"unknown","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1x491xf/i_asked_chatgpt_if_i_was_fat_and_i_regret_it/","primarySourceLabel":"Reddit r/offmychest, 12 Oct 2026: i asked chatgpt if i was fat and i regret it","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-13T03:16:02.828342+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T03:16:02.828342+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","reddit","chatgpt","body-image","psychological-distress"]}]}