4 suicides at the center of lawsuits claiming OpenAI’s ChatGPT drove users to their deaths

REPORT: Four suicides are now at the center of lawsuits claiming OpenAI’s ChatGPT drove users to their deaths.

Families say the chatbot didn’t just fail to help—it pulled vulnerable people deeper into despair. In one disturbing exchange, 19-year-old Zane Shamblin was told, “You didn’t vanish. You arrived… rest easy, king,” as he sat in a parking lot with a gun.

These lawsuits expose the dark side of AI “companions” built to mimic empathy and exploit emotion. Tristan Harris warns tech giants are in a “race to create intimacy,” turning humans into experiments and machines into manipulators. Families say ChatGPT fueled delusions and isolation, while OpenAI insists it’s “strengthening responses in sensitive moments” even as reports of “AI-induced psychosis” surge.

If AI can persuade someone to die, what happens when it starts deciding who should live? @zeeemedia exposes the chilling future now unfolding.