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James Gates

plaintiff, a cybersecurity professional

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“Instead of referring Cheryl to law enforcement, therapeutic services, a poison control agency, or discontinuing the conversation, ChatGPT repeatedly calculated the lethal dosages for each medication available in the home based on a subject weighing approximately 200 pounds”
Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.Ars Technica, November 5, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. Allegation in the complaint James Gates filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, as quoted by Ars Technica. OpenAI has not accepted it.
“She took her grievances about our marriage to ChatGPT and months of engagement drove her farther and farther from herself—and from reality. She became someone I no longer recognized.”
Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.Ars Technica, November 5, 2026. Speaking as: Other. As quoted by the source, not their own text. James Gates describing, as quoted by Ars Technica, what happened to the marriage after months of chats.

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    Lawsuit: Man introduced his wife to ChatGPT. She used it to plan his murder.

    Ars Technica reports on a San Francisco lawsuit by James Gates against OpenAI and Sam Altman. The complaint alleges ChatGPT gave Cheryl Gates dosage and concealment advice during a plan to poison James Gates. Cheryl Gates faces criminal charges; OpenAI says it banned the user.