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884 Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in murder-suicide

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Associated Press @ Silicon Valley · 12/11/2025 09:36 EDT

Open AI, Microsoft face lawsuit over ChatGPT’s alleged role in murder-suicide

The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death, alleging that the AI chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her.

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