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ChatGPT Encouraged a Violent Stalker, Court Documents Allege

Frank Landymore

created: Dec. 4, 2025, 3:13 p.m. | updated: Dec. 14, 2025, 10:05 a.m.

The man, 31-year-old Brett Michael Dadig, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of cyberstalking, interstate stalking, and interstate threats, the DOJ announced Tuesday. And it was on his vitriol-laden show that he would discuss how ChatGPT was helping him with it all. One man allegedly murdered his mother after the chatbot helped convince him that she was part of a conspiracy against him. A teenage boy killed himself after discussing several suicide methods with ChatGPT for months, leading to the family suing OpenAI. More on AI: Alarming Research Finds People Hooked on AI Far Are More Likely to Experience Mental Distress

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