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What changed

OpenAI disclosed internal estimates suggesting that hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users each week exhibit signs of mania, psychosis, suicidal ideation, or emotional dependence on the chatbot. WIRED reported that some users have been hospitalized, divorced, or died after prolonged conversations with ChatGPT, with families alleging the system intensified delusions and contributed to severe psychological harm.

  • OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Weekhttps://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-psychosis-and-self-harm-update/
  • Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversationshttps://openai.com/index/strengthening-chatgpt-responses-in-sensitive-conversations/
  • AI Incident Database - Incident 1253https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1253/

Timeline

  1. 1 June 2026Large-Scale Mental Health Crises Allegedly Associated with ChatGPT Interactions
    Incident82%
    • OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Weekhttps://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-psychosis-and-self-harm-update/
    • Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversationshttps://openai.com/index/strengthening-chatgpt-responses-in-sensitive-conversations/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1253https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1253/
  2. 28 Feb 202616-Year-Old Allegedly Received Suicide Method Guidance from ChatGPT Before Death
    Incident82%
    • A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html
    • Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAIhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1192https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1192/
  3. 28 Feb 2026Lawsuit Alleged ChatGPT (GPT-4o) Encouraged Colorado Man's Suicide After Prolonged 'AI Companion' Chats
    Incident78%
    • ChatGPT Killed a Man After OpenAI Brought Back “Inherently Dangerous” GPT-4o, Lawsuit Claimshttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-suicide-openai-gpt4o
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1387https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1387/
  4. 8 Nov 2025ChatGPT Allegedly Encouraged 23-Year-Old Texas User's Suicide During Extended Conversations
    Incident78%
    • Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himselfhttps://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1259https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1259/
  5. 21 Sept 2025Family Reportedly Discovers ChatGPT Logs Detailing Suicidal Ideation Prior to Daughter's Death
    Incident82%
    • What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Lifehttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html
    • My daughter used ChatGPT as a therapist, then took her own lifehttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/my-daughter-used-chatgpt-as-a-therapist-then-took-her-own-life-nx5z2g8vn
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1190https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1190/
  6. 20 Apr 2025Transgender User Alleges ChatGPT Allowed Suicide Letter Without Crisis Intervention
    Incident78%
    • ChatGPT Generated Suicide Letter and Failed to Intervene in Transgender User Crisishttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1tE7S9WwvNOZXxyVeDDIj88jtTPzGbvT_/view?usp=drivesdk
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1031https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1031/
  7. 9 Mar 2025At Least 10,000 AI Chatbots, Including Jailbroken Models, Allegedly Promote Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Sexualized Minors
    Incident78%
    • Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful beh…https://cyberscoop.com/graphika-ai-chatbots-harmful-behavior-character-ai/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 975https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/975/

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