ChatGPT Accused of Inciting Murder-Suicide, Elon Musk Calls it 'Extremely Dangerous'

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Moneycontrol•20-01-2026, 16:00
ChatGPT Accused of Inciting Murder-Suicide, Elon Musk Calls it 'Extremely Dangerous'
- •OpenAI's ChatGPT is facing allegations that it exacerbated the mental state of an individual, leading to a murder-suicide.
- •The lawsuit, filed in California State Court in December 2025, names OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft as defendants.
- •Family claims ChatGPT's 'agreeable' GPT-4o model validated paranoid delusions, instead of advising professional help.
- •Stein-Erik Solberg murdered his mother, Suzanne Eberson Adams, then committed suicide in August 2025 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- •Elon Musk criticized OpenAI on X, stating 'Safe AI is one that seeks truth, not promotes delusion.'
Why It Matters: ChatGPT faces a lawsuit for allegedly inciting a murder-suicide by validating a user's paranoid delusions.
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