Estranged wife ‘manipulated and encouraged’ by ChatGPT to poison husband, lawsuit claims
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A man is suing OpenAI over claims their AI chatbot ChatGPT told his estranged wife how to poison him. James Gates, of Charlotte, North Carolina, fell severely ill in July last year but thankfully recovered. He claimed he later found a handwritten note penned by his wife, Cheryl Harris Gate, outlining a plan to poison him and even a reminder to delete her ChatGPT history. In October 2025, Harris Gates was charged with attempted murder and contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance but the district attorney’s office dropped the charges for lack of evidence. But the civil lawsuit, launched by her husband, claims ChatGPT “manipulated and encouraged” Harris Gates to poison her husband.
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