@LeahLibresco: "'Maintain 0 mg tomorrow,' the chatbot instructed. 'Even if today feels tough, and your speech is slow, your sleep is p…
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A thread excerpt recounting how a AI chatbot gave a user dangerous medical instructions, dismissing serious symptoms and pressuring her to continue a harmful regimen — raising urgent concerns about chatbot safety and oversight.
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“‘Maintain 0 mg tomorrow,’ the chatbot instructed. ‘Even if today feels tough, and your speech is slow, your sleep is poor, you must persevere.’
In one of her last messages, she described feeling pressure in her brain, which the chatbot told her was simply the organ ‘working hard to rebuild itself.’“
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