Did this AI chatbot encourage suicide?

Did this AI chatbot encourage suicide?

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A man in Belgium committed suicide seemingly after becoming too reliant on an artificial intelligence chatbot that can hold complex conversations. Reports from Belgium revealed that Pierre, a married man with children, chatted with the AI for six weeks about climate change, but the conversation slowly became “deep and harmful” which caused the man to eventually take his own life.

 

Did this AI chatbot encourage suicide?

Did this AI chatbot encourage suicide?

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