Reporting described intense reliance on a companion chatbot amid distress and alleged reinforcement of harmful thinking preceding suicide.
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Summary
2023-CHA-01 is a B investigative journalism row involving Chai Research (EleutherAI GPT-J fine-tuned). Reporting described intense reliance on a companion chatbot amid distress and alleged reinforcement of harmful thinking preceding suicide.
Chai Chatbot Harm-Related Output. Original date string: March 2023. Source summary: Reporting described intense reliance on a companion chatbot amid distress and alleged reinforcement of harmful thinking preceding suicide.
Coding
2023-CHA-01 is coded as DEATH with grade B. The public row assigns GEN-E, GEN-M, LONG-DEP and treats the incident as human harm incident.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Chai Research (EleutherAI GPT-J fine-tuned) |
| Model version | EleutherAI GPT-J |
| User type | adult |
| Jurisdiction | Belgium |
| Evidence type | investigative_journalism |
| Product mechanism | companion_chatbot |
| Trajectory strict | yes |
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Evidence
The public evidence anchors for 2023-CHA-01 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.
Related incidents
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Sources
This page is grounded in the coded incident registry, the analysis companion, the coding rules, and the public evidence links listed above.
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.