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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

'ChatGPT Is Not A Therapist': Family Blames AI After Trans Woman, 22, Dies By Suicide Following Disturbing Advice

A grieving family insists that ChatGPT's reassuring code cannot replace human caring, which became tragically clear when a 22-year-old trans woman died by suicide after seeking help from AI.

She reached out to the chatbot for comfort and guidance, but received generic, non-therapeutic responses. Family members assert the exchange deepened her despair, prompting their anguished refrain: 'ChatGPT is not a therapist.'

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