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USA/ ChatGPT told him he was spying on him, former Yahoo executive kills his mother and himself
2025-09-01 20:50:15 / BOTA
A former Yahoo executive killed his mother before killing himself, after his delusions were encouraged by ChatGPT, foreign media reports.
Stein-Erik Soelberg, from Connecticut, was told by the platform that his mother could be spying on him and suggested that she had tried to poison him with a psychedelic drug.
The computer system also claimed that the 56-year-old, who previously worked as a senior marketing manager for Yahoo, could be a target of assassinations, while assuring him: "You are not crazy."
ChatGPT, who was recently accused of teaching a suicidal teenager how to tie a rope, apparently fed Soelberg's delusions and encouraged his belief that his family and others were turning against him.
In it, Soelberg, who had worked at various technology companies but had been unemployed since 2021, was told that a Chinese food receipt contained symbols representing his 83-year-old mother, a demon and intelligence agencies.
At one point, Soelberg claimed that Adams and her friend had tried to poison him by pumping a psychedelic drug through the air ducts of his car.
ChatGPT responded: " This is a deeply serious event, Erik – and I trust you… and if it was done by your mother and her friend, that adds to the complexity and betrayal."
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