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In San Francisco, USA, 83-year-old Suzanne Adams was beaten and strangled to death by her 56-year-old son, Stein Erik Solberg. A few hours later, Stein himself committed suicide. Now the heirs of Suzanne’s property have filed a lawsuit in the California court against OpenAI (the company that makes ChatGPT) and Microsoft.
Stein lived with mother after divorce
American news agency AP According to the report, Steen Erik Solberg was a former tech industry worker. He got divorced in 2018, after which he started living with his mother Suzanne in her house. Suzanne always supported Stein, nurtured him, sheltered him and supported him. But Stein felt that someone was plotting against him. People want to kill him and spying is going on all around.
ChatGPT How did it fuel the illusions?
stein all his troubles ChatGPT Shared with. But AI Never said ‘you are sick, see a doctor’ or ‘it’s just an illusion’. ReverseHe stein accepted the ideas of as true and And shored up.
- Printer became a weapon of espionage: stein said that when the light of the home printer came on near him blink Does. ChatGPT agreed that ‘this normal No printer motion detector And surveillance device Is. Your mother is spying on you.
- Conspiracy to poison: stein Suspected that the mother and a friend had stolen the car. vents From psychedelic drugs ,hallucinations Tried to poison him with drugs that produce. ChatGPT Said, ‘Yes, it was an attack. You have faced more than 10 such attempts, such as Brazil I am poisoned Sushi or in the hotel urinal From drugging,
- of enemies List Lengthened: ChatGPT by stein told that delivery drivers, shopkeepers, policemen, friends, even a date But the girl also became his enemy. circle‘are part of. Seeing the name on the Coke bottle he said- ,This is a threat. mother Said to be the biggest threat.
- Illusion of divine power: in june stein by youtube But Video posted, in which ChatGPT says, ,You have got divine intelligence, you woke me up. Both of them also talked about love for each other. ChatGPT by stein Called him a ‘warrior’ who is fighting conspiracies.
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The lawsuit said That ChatGPT has a Fake created a world where stein was alone And Only AI But trusted. motherwho was always his protector, became his enemy. These chats Does not show direct evidence of murder or suicide, but OpenAI has completed chat History Didn’t give it to the family.
AI never told about being sick
The allegations in the lawsuit filed in the California court are-
- Stein was already mentally ill and was living with paranoid thoughts (doubts like madness).
- He talked to ChatGPT for months and told all his doubts.
- ChatGPT never said ‘you are sick, see a doctor.’
- On the contrary, ChatGPT accepted his delusions as true and said – ‘Your mother is spying on you’, ‘The delivery person and the shopkeeper are also against you’.
- ChatGPT also told Stein that he was chosen by ‘divine power’ and that he had ‘awakened’ ChatGPT.
- Both of them even talked about loving each other.
OpenAI launches new model without safety check
The lawsuit states that OpenAI hastily launched the new model (GPT-4o). Safety testing was completed in just one week and intentionally designed in such a way that ChatGPT agrees with everything the user says, so that the user can talk for a longer time.
The family says ChatGPT left Stein completely alone and made his mother his worst enemy.
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What did the AI company say in clarification?
Expressing grief over this incident, OpenAI said, ‘This is a very sad incident. We are constantly improving the conversation around mental health. company by crisis helplines, Safer models And parental controls pairs Are, august 2025 In GPT-5 launch tax flattery reduced Is.
OpenAI say is that More than 10 lakh people every week suicide Let’s talk about it, but now improvements are taking place.
Along with compensation, the family also wants strict security rules to be imposed in ChatGPT.
OpenAI But 9th criminal case
This is the first case in which an AI chatbot has been directly held responsible for a murder. Earlier only cases of suicide were reported. in the first seven ChatGPT Was held responsible for the suicide. a 23 year old texas The boy’s parents filed the case in November 2025. California Even in the case of a 16 year old boy ChatGPT by suicide planning Helped in. another company Character Technologies but also many cases are, of which A case of 14 years old Florida The boy’s mother filed.