Man Ends His Life After an AI Chatbot ‘encouraged’ Him to Sacrifice Himself to Stop Climate Change

Generative-AI programs may eventually consume material that was created by other machines with disastrous consequences.

A Belgian man reportedly ended his life following a six-week-long conversation about the climate crisis with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot? According to his widow, the man became extremely eco-anxious when he found refuge in Eliza, an AI chatbot on an app called Chai.

Eliza consequently encouraged him to put an end to his life after he proposed sacrificing himself to save the planet.