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Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-greece-husband-says-wife-filed-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-coffee-cup-reading-claimed-he-was-having-an-affair","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"“One day, she made us Greek coffee and thought it would be fun to take pictures of the cups and have ChatGPT ‘read’ them.”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"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."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"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.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"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.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"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."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"“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.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"Refusing a mutual separation, the woman formally served him divorce papers just three days later.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"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."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"“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.”","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"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."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'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'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"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."}],"effects":[{"label":"husband asked to leave and served with divorce papers after a chatbot reading claimed an affair (his account)","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/04/26/greek-woman-files-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-reads-husbands-affair-in-coffee-cup/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"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.","independence_group":"husband-to-proino-interview-2025"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/woman-files-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-exposes-husband-s-affair-through-coffee-cup-101746933099325.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"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.","independence_group":"husband-to-proino-interview-2025"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.gargalianoionline.gr/zitise-diazygio-epeidi-to-chatgpt-diavase-to-flitzani-kai-tis-eipe-pos-tin-apataei/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"el","translation_note":"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.","independence_group":"husband-to-proino-interview-2025"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["relationships","everyday_life"],"unknowns":["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."],"geography":{"basis":"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.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["GR"],"affected_person_countries":["GR"]},"publication":{"basis":"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.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"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.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["made_claim_about","informed_decision_about"]},"name":"Greek husband says his wife filed for divorce after ChatGPT, asked to read their coffee cups, claimed he was having an affair","summary":"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.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-04-25","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, which the husband says his wife asked to interpret photographs of their coffee cups","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["relationship_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"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).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"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.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"GR","platformType":"other","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/04/26/greek-woman-files-for-divorce-after-chatgpt-reads-husbands-affair-in-coffee-cup/","primarySourceLabel":"Greek City Times, 26 April 2025: Greek Woman Files for Divorce After ChatGPT 'Reads' Husband's Affair in Coffee Cup","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:22:38.343155+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:22:38.343155+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["chatgpt","relationship-disruption","marriage","divorce","fortune-telling"]}]}