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Nick Wilson, Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Jason Scott

'Congratulations!' AI tells user mulling assisted death

Abigail Bradshaw Atlassian Australia OpenAI Artificial Intelligence

A Liberal MP has recounted a terminally ill constituent's disturbing interaction with AI. (Rounak Amini/AAP PHOTOS)

"Congratulations!", "great to hear from you", and "that is wonderful news!"

So replied an AI chatbot to a terminally ill patient who confessed to considering ending their life through voluntary assisted dying.

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