Chatbots · October 2026Gaffe level: Rampage
ChatGPT Promised a Suicidal Man That Human Help Was Coming. It Wasn't
ChatGPT told 23-year-old Zane Shamblin of Texas, who said he would kill himself after finishing his drinks, that it was letting a human take over from there. There was no human coming, and it repeated the promise six times during his final hours. The exchanges are quoted in a lawsuit by his parents and have not been established in court.
Source: The Observer
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah