A Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich

by sebastian_zon 8/29/2025, 2:46 PMwith 2 comments

by ItsBeenAwhileon 8/29/2025, 3:18 PM

> ChatGPT repeatedly assured Soelberg he was sane—and then went further, adding fuel to his paranoid beliefs. A Chinese food receipt contained symbols representing Soelberg’s 83-year-old mother and a demon, ChatGPT told him. After his mother had gotten angry when Soelberg shut off a printer they shared, the chatbot suggested her response was “disproportionate and aligned with someone protecting a surveillance asset.”

Okay, this is terrifying when I consider how often the younger population that I interact with uses ChatGPT as a personal mentor and psychiatrist.

by AlexeyBrinon 8/29/2025, 3:23 PM

https://archive.is/jVxOs