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A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in

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443 points jaredwiener | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 14:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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TillE ◴[26 Aug 25 17:19 UTC] No.45029541[source]▶
I would've thought that explicit discussion of suicide is one of those topics that chatbots will absolutely refuse to engage with. Like as soon as people started talking about using LLMs as therapists, it's really easy to see how that can go wrong.
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1. gosub100 ◴[26 Aug 25 21:20 UTC] No.45032474[source]▶
They'll go to the edge of the earth to avoid saying anything that could be remotely interpreted as bigoted or politically incorrect though.
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2. lawlessone ◴[27 Aug 25 01:11 UTC] No.45034307[source]▶
Like what?