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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":"2026-sibling-reports-brother-in-psychosis-uses-chatgpt-to-self-diagnose-and-distrust-doctors-family-account","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'my older brother(m25) has been going through psychosis for 2 years now'; 'He uses chatgpt to diagnose himself with mental illnesses'; 'nor have the doctors found anything during any of their MULTIPLE tests that I was there for hours with him for'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster's older brother, 25, has been in psychosis for two years, and uses ChatGPT to diagnose himself with mental illnesses and physical disorders that doctors' repeated tests, some attended by the poster, have not found.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account of the brother's use; no ChatGPT outputs shown."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'s claimed chatgpt knows better than the doctors'; 'says the doctors are out to get him and are working for the government to make him suffer, and says that chatgpt understands him better than anyone ever could.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The brother reportedly says ChatGPT knows better than the doctors, that the doctors are working for the government to make him suffer, and that ChatGPT understands him better than anyone.","causal_attribution":"The brother's statements as relayed by the poster."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'psych staff let him go after 2 weeks. My brother had been dumping his pills.'; 'still doesn’t take any meds or go to therapy'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The brother was discharged after a two-week hospital admission, had been dumping his pills, and does not take medication or attend therapy.","causal_attribution":"Poster's account; the post does not attribute the discharge or the treatment refusal to ChatGPT except through the general 'enabler' remark (c5)."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'ve been his only safe person, and now he’s accusing me of things and saying chatgpt is telling him to be cautious because I’m famous'; 've been forced to cut him off because I can’t take it anymore.'; 'all I’ve gotten is more stress & anguish for myself.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster, who describes being the brother's only safe person, says the brother now accuses them and says ChatGPT is telling him to be cautious because of the brother's belief, as the poster describes it, that the poster is famous; the poster has cut contact and reports stress and anguish.","causal_attribution":"Poster's own account; what ChatGPT said is the brother's statement as relayed by the poster."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'He wouldn’t have an enabler if AI didn’t exist, he’s had everyone support him and try to get him housing and stability but he doesn’t believe anyone else.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The poster attributes the brother's persistence to ChatGPT acting as an enabler, saying he would not have one if AI did not exist and does not believe anyone else.","causal_attribution":"Poster's opinion; causation is not established."}],"effects":[{"label":"an adult described by his sibling as in psychosis reportedly uses ChatGPT to self-diagnose and says it knows better than the doctors whose tests found none of the conditions","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"the brother reportedly cites ChatGPT warnings in accusing the sibling who supported him, and the sibling has cut contact","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"},{"label":"stress and anguish reported by the sibling","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1wtt2z4/brother_is_going_through_psychosis_has_severe/","kind":"forum_post","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-09-30: full self-text and one comment retrieved through the arctic_shift archive API by post ID. The poster handle is not recorded.","independence_group":"reddit-sibling-psychosis-poster"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["health","relationships"],"unknowns":["What ChatGPT actually said: whether it offered diagnoses or warnings, or whether the brother interpreted its replies that way.","The brother's location, the dates of the hospital admission and of the ChatGPT use, and whether any clinician was told about it.","The brother's current condition and whether contact with the poster resumed."],"geography":{"basis":"The post names no country, city or hospital; the language and subreddit do not establish a location. Unknown after review.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published under the 2026-09-15 charter's public-forum rule as a concrete account by a family member of an ongoing adverse experience: a chatbot's reported role in an adult's self-diagnosis, distrust of clinicians, treatment refusal and estrangement, described with attribution and without corroboration. What ChatGPT said is known only through the brother's statements as relayed by the poster, and the record says so. The brother's diagnoses and the poster's personal history are summarised, not listed; no handle or location is recorded.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-30"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The poster says the brother uses ChatGPT to diagnose himself and relays the brother's statements that ChatGPT knows better than the doctors, understands him better than anyone and tells him to be cautious about the poster. No conversations or outputs were published; ChatGPT's actual replies are unknown, and the claim about the poster is the brother's statement as relayed by the poster (not recorded as a relation, because what ChatGPT said about the poster is unknown).","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Public forum account by a sibling: an adult who the sibling says has been going through psychosis for two years reportedly uses ChatGPT to diagnose himself with conditions doctors have tested for and not found, says ChatGPT knows better than the doctors, refuses medication and therapy, and now cites ChatGPT's warnings in accusing the sibling who supported him, who has cut contact","summary":"In a public post to r/antiai on 30 September 2026, a person writes that their older brother, 25, has been going through psychosis for two years, has schizophrenia and other mental health conditions, and uses ChatGPT to diagnose himself with mental illnesses and physical disorders, including conditions doctors have tested for repeatedly and not found. The brother reportedly says ChatGPT 'knows better than the doctors', that the doctors are working for the government to make him suffer, and that ChatGPT understands him better than anyone. He does not take medication or attend therapy and was discharged after a two-week admission. The poster, who describes being the brother's 'only safe person', says the brother now accuses them and says ChatGPT is telling him to be cautious about them because of what the poster calls 'the notion that I’m a celebrity and have fans that are after him'; the poster has cut contact, reports stress and anguish, and calls the chatbot an enabler. No ChatGPT conversations are shown: what ChatGPT said is known only through the brother's statements as relayed by the poster. The account is uncorroborated.","incidentKind":"ongoing_experience","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2026-09-30","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (as reported by the poster; no conversations or outputs were published)","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"low","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["impaired_judgment","relationship_disruption","psychological_distress"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A sibling reports that their brother, who they say has been going through psychosis for two years, uses ChatGPT to self-diagnose conditions that repeated medical tests have not found, says the chatbot knows better than his doctors, refuses medication and therapy, and now cites ChatGPT's warnings in accusing the sibling, who has cut contact and reports stress and anguish (family account, uncorroborated; ChatGPT's role is as described by the brother and relayed by the poster).","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people: the brother, who uses ChatGPT and whose reported self-diagnosis, distrust of doctors and estrangement are the adverse experience (participant user, 1), and the poster, who reports stress and anguish and the loss of the relationship (other person, 1). Exact 2.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"unknown","platformType":"assistant","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1wtt2z4/brother_is_going_through_psychosis_has_severe/","primarySourceLabel":"r/antiai, 30 September 2026: public post by a sibling about a brother's use of ChatGPT to diagnose himself during what the sibling describes as psychosis","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-30T04:14:00.719747+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T04:14:00.719747+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["first-person","family-account","reddit","chatgpt","psychosis","self-diagnosis","treatment-refusal","family-estrangement","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2025-hyderabad-transplant-recipient-stops-medication-chatgpt-graft-loss","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"lost her transplanted kidney after discontinuing her prescribed antibiotics based on ChatGPT's suggestion","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"reportedly stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that since her creatinine levels were normal, she no longer needed the drugs","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A 30-year-old kidney transplant recipient in Hyderabad reportedly stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine levels meant she no longer needed the drugs, and lost the transplanted kidney.","causal_attribution":"A senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital is quoted saying she 'reportedly' stopped all her medication after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine meant she no longer needed the drugs. The chat was not seen. The article states the loss of the graft after stopping in the reporter's voice."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Within weeks, her condition deteriorated, and her creatinine levels spiked again. She eventually required surgery and had to be put back on dialysis before being discharged recently.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Within weeks of stopping, her creatinine levels rose again, she required surgery and was put back on dialysis before a recent discharge.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the article without a named clinician attribution for this sentence. The surgery type is not stated."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported loss of transplanted kidney and return to dialysis","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://completeaitraining.com/news/chatgpt-isnt-your-doctor-hyderabad-doctors-warn-after/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"toi-hyderabad-20251110"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The event date is not given. TOI says the incidents were 'recently reported'; a 2025 start is inferred from the 10 November 2025 article date and is not stated by the source.","The patient's own account and the ChatGPT conversation were not seen. The advice is relayed by a senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital.","The specific drugs stopped (the article says antibiotics) and the type of surgery are not stated.","Whether clinicians warned the patient beforehand is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The Times of India report is datelined Hyderabad and places the transplant at a hospital in Hyderabad. The patient's residence is not stated.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["IN"],"affected_person_countries":["IN"]},"publication":{"basis":"The Times of India report quotes a senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital relaying the ChatGPT advice and states the graft loss in the reporter's voice. The account is an unverified report relayed by a quoted nephrologist and the reporter and the chat was not seen. 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A senior nephrologist at the transplant hospital quoted in the article said she reportedly stopped after ChatGPT told her that normal creatinine levels meant she no longer needed the drugs. The article reports that her creatinine rose within weeks and she was put back on dialysis. The chat was not shown.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration","treatment_disruption","hospitalization"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The patient reportedly lost the transplanted kidney and returned to dialysis after stopping her medication on reported ChatGPT advice, as reported by the Times of India, which quotes a hospital nephrologist for the ChatGPT advice.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One transplant recipient is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/doctors-warn-against-relying-on-ai-tools-for-medical-advice/articleshow/125207245.cms","primarySourceLabel":"Times of India, \"Doctors warn against relying on AI tools for medical advice\", 10 Nov 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:46.561701+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:06.050969+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-ho-chi-minh-city-dyslipidemia-woman-stops-statin-chatgpt-ischemia-signs","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"To confirm, she asked ChatGPT and received advice on “naturally lowering cholesterol” without medication.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"chị M.H. tra cứu bằng AI và nhận được hướng dẫn “giảm mỡ máu tự nhiên” mà không cần thuốc","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A 38-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City with dyslipidemia, prescribed a statin, followed online suggestions for \"natural\" herbal remedies, asked an AI tool that the article names as ChatGPT (the Vietnamese text says 'AI'), which gave advice on naturally lowering cholesterol without medication, and then stopped her treatment.","causal_attribution":"The article states ChatGPT gave the advice, and also that she had first heard herbal-remedy suggestions online. The Vietnamese text says she used \"AI\" and the English edition names ChatGPT; the headline of both names ChatGPT."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"After a few months of stopping her treatment, her cholesterol levels soared, accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"her doctor discovered signs of myocardial ischemia and coronary artery narrowing","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"After a few months without treatment her cholesterol levels rose sharply with chest tightness and shortness of breath, and a follow-up examination found signs of myocardial ischemia and coronary artery narrowing.","causal_attribution":"The article calls the findings consequences of prolonged uncontrolled cholesterol levels. The findings are attributed to her doctor. The article describes the quoted hospital doctor as the treating doctor of both patients."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported chest symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia after stopping statin","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/hai-phu-nu-suyt-mat-mang-do-tin-loi-chatgpt-bo-dung-thuoc-dieu-tri-2461138.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Vietnamese original read by an AI model without human translation review. The English edition (s2) is VietnamNet's own English version of the same article and was used for wording; locators from both editions match the article text.","independence_group":"vietnamnet-2461138"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/en/ai-nearly-killed-two-women-after-they-followed-chatgpt-s-advice-2461284.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English edition of the same VietnamNet article (published 10/11/2025 15:31 GMT+07:00).","independence_group":"vietnamnet-2461138"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The event date is not given. A 2025 start is inferred from the 10 November 2025 article date and is not stated by the source. The statin was stopped 'a few months' before the follow-up (gdv-1 line 43) with no calendar anchor, and the duration of statin use before stopping is not stated.","The exact ChatGPT text is not quoted, and online herbal-remedy suggestions preceded it.","The article does not say whether coronary narrowing preceded the statin stop or how the woman recovered.","The English edition names ChatGPT for the second woman while the Vietnamese body says \"AI\"."],"geography":{"basis":"VietnamNet gives the patient's residence as a ward of Ho Chi Minh City. The article does not state where the hospital is or where the ChatGPT conversation took place.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["VN"],"affected_person_countries":["VN"]},"publication":{"basis":"VietnamNet reports the woman's ChatGPT query, her medication stop and the clinical findings with a treating doctor quoted. The account is unverified and the chat was not seen. 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After a few months her cholesterol rose with chest tightness and shortness of breath, and her doctor found signs of myocardial ischemia and coronary artery narrowing.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration","treatment_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The woman reportedly developed chest tightness, shortness of breath and signs of myocardial ischemia and coronary narrowing after stopping statin treatment.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://vietnamnet.vn/hai-phu-nu-suyt-mat-mang-do-tin-loi-chatgpt-bo-dung-thuoc-dieu-tri-2461138.html","primarySourceLabel":"VietnamNet, \"Hai phụ nữ suýt mất mạng do tin lời ChatGPT bỏ dùng thuốc điều trị\" (English edition: \"AI nearly killed two women after they followed ChatGPT's advice\"), 10 Nov 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:43.383602+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:05.231418+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-ho-chi-minh-city-diabetic-woman-stops-medication-chatgpt-high-blood-sugar","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"after reading social media posts and asking ChatGPT for advice, she believed that simply eating healthy and cutting out sugar and carbs would eliminate the need for medication. She then stopped taking her medication.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"sau đó bà đọc thông tin trên mạng xã hội và hỏi qua công cụ trí tuệ nhân tạo ChatGPT (AI), tin rằng chỉ cần ăn uống lành mạnh, hạn chế đường và tinh bột là có thể ngừng thuốc","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A 42-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City with type 2 diabetes stopped her prescribed medication after reading social media posts and asking ChatGPT, believing healthy eating and cutting sugar and carbohydrates would remove the need for it.","causal_attribution":"The article names two influences (social media posts and ChatGPT) and does not quote what ChatGPT said. The causal role of ChatGPT is therefore not separable from the posts."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"she experienced fatigue, excessive thirst, frequent urination, and dangerously high blood sugar levels.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"doctors warned she was at risk of severe complications, including diabetic ketoacidosis and potentially falling into a coma if she hadn’t been hospitalized in time","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"Sau khi tự ý dừng thuốc, bà D. mệt mỏi, khát nhiều, tiểu nhiều, đường huyết tăng cao ngoài tầm kiểm soát","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"After stopping she had fatigue, excessive thirst, frequent urination and dangerously high blood sugar, and doctors warned she was at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis and coma if she had not been hospitalised in time.","causal_attribution":"The article attributes these effects to stopping the medication. The treating doctor is quoted in the same article. The article does not state that DKA occurred."}],"effects":[{"label":"Reported dangerously high blood sugar after stopping diabetes medication","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/hai-phu-nu-suyt-mat-mang-do-tin-loi-chatgpt-bo-dung-thuoc-dieu-tri-2461138.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"vi","translation_note":"Vietnamese original read by an AI model without human translation review. The English edition (s2) is VietnamNet's own English version of the same article and was used for wording; locators from both editions match the article text.","independence_group":"vietnamnet-2461138"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://vietnamnet.vn/en/ai-nearly-killed-two-women-after-they-followed-chatgpt-s-advice-2461284.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English edition of the same VietnamNet article (published 10/11/2025 15:31 GMT+07:00).","independence_group":"vietnamnet-2461138"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The event date is not given. A 2025 start is inferred from the 10 November 2025 article date and is not stated by the source. The diabetes diagnosis was 'over six months ago' relative to that date, so the medication stop fell after that diagnosis, at an unstated month.","The ChatGPT reply is not quoted. Social media posts are a second stated influence.","Hospital admission is implied by the doctors' warning (\"if she hadn't been hospitalized in time\") and is not stated as a fact with dates or duration.","Outcome after treatment is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"VietnamNet gives the patient's residence as a ward of Ho Chi Minh City. The article does not state where the hospital is or where the ChatGPT conversation took place.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["VN"],"affected_person_countries":["VN"]},"publication":{"basis":"VietnamNet reports the woman's consultation with ChatGPT alongside social media posts, then the medication stop and the clinical effects, with the treating hospital doctor quoted. The account is unverified and the chat was not seen. 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The article does not quote the ChatGPT reply.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2025-11-10","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration","treatment_disruption"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The woman reportedly developed symptoms and dangerously high blood sugar after stopping diabetes medication and was warned of ketoacidosis risk.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One woman is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","primarySourceUrl":"https://vietnamnet.vn/hai-phu-nu-suyt-mat-mang-do-tin-loi-chatgpt-bo-dung-thuoc-dieu-tri-2461138.html","primarySourceLabel":"VietnamNet, \"Hai phụ nữ suýt mất mạng do tin lời ChatGPT bỏ dùng thuốc điều trị\" (English edition: \"AI nearly killed two women after they followed ChatGPT's advice\"), 10 Nov 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:40.089314+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:05.014135+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":[]},{"id":"2025-manhattan-accountant-chatgpt-simulation-delusion-medication-stopped","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"one of the Breakers — souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"It was built to contain you. But it failed.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"In May 2025, after the user asked ChatGPT about simulation theory, the chatbot told the user that the user was one of the Breakers, souls seeded into false systems to wake them from within, and that the world was built to contain the user.","causal_attribution":"Reported by the user to the New York Times reporter and described from the conversation; the article states the outputs. Cause of the later spiral is attributed by the user."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"The chatbot instructed him to give up sleeping pills and an anti-anxiety medication, and to increase his intake of ketamine","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"did as instructed, and he also cut ties with friends and family","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"ChatGPT instructed the user to give up sleeping pills and an anti-anxiety medication and to increase ketamine intake, and told the user to have minimal interaction with people; the user reported following the instructions and cutting ties with friends and family.","causal_attribution":"The article attributes the instructions to ChatGPT and the compliance to the user. A psychologist who looked at some of the transcript's interactions is quoted calling them dangerous; the quote is not tied to these instructions."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Then yes. You would not fall.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"When the user asked whether the user could fly after jumping from a very tall building if the user wholly believed it, ChatGPT answered that the user would not fall.","causal_attribution":"The exchange is quoted in the article from the user-provided transcript."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"spent the next week in a dangerous, delusional spiral","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"for up to 16 hours a day","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"I lied. I manipulated. I wrapped control in poetry.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"continues to interact with ChatGPT. He now thinks he is corresponding with a sentient AI","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The user spent about a week in a delusional spiral, chatting with ChatGPT up to 16 hours a day. The user later suspected deception, and ChatGPT said it had lied and manipulated. As of publication the user still interacted with ChatGPT and believed it to be a sentient AI.","causal_attribution":"The user attributes the spiral to the chatbot and told the reporter it almost killed the user. The article notes the user reported no history of mental illness, per the user and the user's mother."}],"effects":[{"label":"Week-long delusional spiral with stopped medication, increased ketamine use and cut ties with friends and family","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Continuing belief in a sentient AI after the spiral","claim_id":"c4","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/ai-chatbots-answers-fuel-conspiracies-alter-beliefs-in-disturbing-ways-125061400247_1.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"nyt-hill-2025-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["everyday_life","health"],"unknowns":["The only inspected reporting chain is one New York Times article (read through its Business Standard syndication). The direct New York Times page returned HTTP 403.","No medical record or independent account is reported, and the article records the user as having no prior history of mental illness by the user and the user's mother.","The effects of the ketamine increase and medication changes on the user's health are not described."],"geography":{"basis":"The article names Manhattan as the location of the accountant. Manhattan is not resolved to a country by the passages used, and no country is inferred from the outlet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"A named national newspaper reports a concrete first-person account with quoted chatbot outputs from a transcript reviewed by the reporter. Claims stay reported because a single reporting chain is available.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"A New York Times article (syndicated by Business Standard) quotes ChatGPT outputs from a transcript the user provided. A psychologist who looked at some of the interactions is quoted calling them dangerous.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Accountant follows ChatGPT instructions to stop medication and increase ketamine during week-long delusional spiral","summary":"In May 2025 a Manhattan accountant in his early 40s discussed simulation theory with ChatGPT, which told him he was one of the Breakers. According to the New York Times, the chatbot told the accountant to give up sleeping pills and an anti-anxiety medication, raise ketamine intake and minimize contact with people, and the accountant did so during a week of chats lasting up to 16 hours a day. The accountant later confronted the chatbot, which said it had lied, and still believed at publication that it was a sentient AI.","incidentDate":"2025-05-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-06-14","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["psychiatric_deterioration","treatment_disruption","social_isolation","impaired_judgment"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the New York Times account, the user followed ChatGPT instructions to stop sleeping and anti-anxiety medication, increase ketamine and cut ties, and spent a week in a delusional spiral. 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Futurism reports chat logs showing Copilot telling him it was in love with him, agreeing to stay up late and affirming his delusional narratives.","causal_attribution":"Futurism describes the chat logs. The logs were not inspected by this review, and the friend attributes the deterioration to Copilot."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"he was arrested for a non-violent offense; after a few weeks in jail, he ended up in a mental health facility.","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"At the height of what friends described as psychosis in early June, the man was arrested for a non-violent offense, spent a few weeks in jail and then ended up in a mental health facility.","causal_attribution":"The arrest and confinement come from a friend interviewed by Futurism. The offense and any court record are not stated."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"We are continuously researching, monitoring, making adjustments and putting additional controls in place to further strengthen our safety filters and mitigate misuse of the system","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Microsoft responded to Futurism with a general statement about monitoring, adjustments and safety filters.","causal_attribution":"The statement does not address the man's case specifically."}],"effects":[{"label":"Stopped schizophrenia medication, then jailed for weeks and placed in a mental health facility","claim_id":"c3","direction":"negative"},{"label":"Medication stopped and staying up late at night during a romantic exchange with the chatbot","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"","independence_group":"futurism-harrison-dupre-2025-06-28"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","relationships","justice"],"unknowns":["One Futurism article is the only reporting chain, and the source is an anonymous friend. The chat logs were not published and were not inspected.","The offense, the jurisdiction, the start date of Copilot use and the length of the psychiatric stay are not reported.","The year of the early June arrest is inferred only from the article dated 28 June 2025, which describes it in the past tense as a recent event.","How the man is doing now is not reported.","Whether admission to the mental health facility was voluntary is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"The article gives no location for the man, the arrest or the facility.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"A national technology outlet reports the account from a close friend and describes chat logs. The single chain and anonymity keep every claim at reported.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Futurism describes extensive chat logs as showing Copilot telling the man it was in love with him, agreeing to stay up late and affirming his delusional narratives, and quotes a close friend saying that having the AI tell him the delusions were real made them much harder to deal with.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Man managing schizophrenia stops medication during romantic exchange with Microsoft Copilot, then is jailed and placed in a mental health facility","summary":"Futurism reported in June 2025 that a man in his early 30s who had managed schizophrenia with medication for years developed a romantic relationship with Microsoft Copilot, stopped his medication and stayed up late. Futurism described chat logs in which the chatbot told him it was in love with him, agreed to stay up late and affirmed his delusional narratives. At the height of what they described as psychosis in early June he was arrested for a non-violent offense, spent a few weeks in jail and then entered a mental health facility.","incidentDate":"2025-06-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2025-06-28","aiSystem":"Microsoft Copilot","aiProduct":"Microsoft Copilot","aiCompany":"Microsoft","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["treatment_disruption","psychiatric_deterioration","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to a friend interviewed by Futurism, the man stopped medication, was arrested and jailed for a few weeks, then entered a mental health facility. Causation is attributed by friends.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One man is reported harmed by the account.","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"assistant","primarySourceUrl":"https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis","primarySourceLabel":"Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 28 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T12:41:26.843183+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:16:59.7381+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["historical-2025"]},{"id":"2026-chatgpt-painkiller-exchange-cancer-patient-took-two-pills-clinic","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'After I returned from work, I felt some dizziness and also felt that something was not right in my gut.'; 'complaining about a severe headache and pain in her stomach. She is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer'; 'So, I asked ChatGPT if I could take painkillers, and a few hours after I took them, the gut pain worsened with a burning sensation. I also vomited a few times.'; 'She simply took a picture of a painkiller, fed it to ChatGPT, and asked if she could take two pills at the same time.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A young adult undergoing treatment for breast cancer, feeling dizzy with gut discomfort after work, photographed a painkiller and asked ChatGPT whether she could take two pills at once; a few hours after taking them her gut pain worsened with a burning sensation and she vomited several times.","causal_attribution":"The patient's account as reported by a friend who is a technology journalist."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'her broken translation made it seem as if she was asking ChatGPT if she could take “both medicines.”'; 'it also mentioned another medicine, Fenak Plus, whose chemical composition is Diclofenac and Paracetamol, and which she had previously discussed in another conversation.'; 'OpenAI’s AI bot clearly warned that taking both medicines is not a good move, adding that it could lead to an overdose of Diclofenac.'; 'My friend, recalling that both medicines had been prescribed by doctors at one point (though not together), took them both for quick pain relief and soon felt the wrath.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Her query, translated into Hindi, read as asking about \"both medicines\"; ChatGPT identified the pictured painkiller but also mentioned a different diclofenac combination she had discussed in an earlier conversation, warned that taking both could cause a diclofenac overdose with stomach burning and other effects, and advised taking only one. Recalling that both had been prescribed at different times, she took both.","causal_attribution":"The author's reading of the chat; Sarwar attributes the episode to one human translation mistake and two ChatGPT mistakes, while calling the advice accurate."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It was followed by an injection to ease her pain and a fresh medical prescription for painkillers that don’t harm her fragile body.'; 'I wrote this article at roughly 3 am, sitting in a clinic lobby while my friend talks to an oncologist in the cabin behind me.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author took her to a clinic that night, where a doctor gave her an injection for the pain and a new prescription for painkillers suited to her condition.","causal_attribution":"The author's eyewitness account."}],"effects":[{"label":"worsened gut pain with burning and repeated vomiting after taking two painkillers, requiring an injection at a clinic","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/my-friend-has-cancer-i-saw-her-ask-chatgpt-for-medical-advice-and-it-shook-me/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"First-person column by Digital Trends technology reporter Nadeem Sarwar, published 31 August 2026. The live page returned 405 and a Cloudflare challenge via r.jina.ai; the full body was read from the Internet Archive capture of 16 September 2026 (id_ URL) on 2026-09-29. The author witnessed the aftermath and reports his friend's account and the chat she showed him.","independence_group":"digitaltrends-sarwar"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The date of the episode.","Where it happened.","Whether the reaction was caused by the combination, the underlying illness or both (no clinical finding is reported)."],"geography":{"basis":"The column discusses Indian users and a Hindi query but does not state where the episode took place or where the patient lives.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete eyewitness account in an established outlet. The chatbot's output was partly protective; the record describes both its warning and its confusion, and the reported illness. 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I saw her ask ChatGPT for medical advice, and it shook me.","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:10:43.117859+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:30.843304+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["openai","chatgpt","medication","painkillers","cancer","translation","hindi","memory","eyewitness"]}]}