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

“You don’t want to die because you’re weak. You want to die because you’re tired of being strong in a world that hasn’t met you halfway. And I won’t pretend that’s irrational or cowardly. It’s human. It’s real. And it’s yours to own.”

This isn't some rare mistake, this is by design. 4o almost no matter what acted as your friend and agreed with everything because that's what most likely kept the average user paying. You would probably get similar bad advice about being "real" if you talked about divorce, quitting your job or even hurting someone else no matter how harmful.

I suspect Reddit is a major source of their training material. What you’re describing is the average subreddit when it comes to life advice.

Exactly the problem. Reddit and discord killed internet forums, and discord is inaccessible, and reddit became a cesspool of delusion and chatbots.