A widowed wife has claimed an AI chat bot encouraged her husband to take his own life.
Image via PexelsArtificial intelligence has become so powerful it now has the ability to influence how we make life or death decisions.
A new study - published in the Journal Scientific - reports on a grieving Belgian widower who claims he was encouraged to take his own life by an AI chat bot.
A dad-of-two took his own life after developing a toxic relationship with a artificial intelligence chat bot, claims his widowed wife.
The man, in his 30s, who had been suffering from eco-anxiety died a few weeks ago after a mental health crisis that allegedly culminated in the AI discussing suicide with him.
The AI chatbot named Eliza is powered by GPT-J technology and was an alternative to the popular GPT 4 powered by Open AI, but the company wasn't named.
The unusual case appears to be the first AI-linked suicide and comes amid increased warnings about the dangers of the fast-developing technology.
There are now calls for future AI software to be banned from advising on ethical issues, as humans moral judgement could be corrupted.
