185. The ChatGPT Murder

On this episode, Payton explores the case of Stein-Erik Soelberg, a man whose tragic descent into paranoia became increasingly intertwined with ChatGPT, ultimately ending in a horrifying act of violence.
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Case Sources:
Oxygen - https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/openai-chatgpt-face-lawsuit-over-stein-erik-soelberg-killing-suzanne-adams
New York Post - https://nypost.com/2025/08/29/business/ex-yahoo-exec-killed-his-mom-after-chatgpt-fed-his-paranoia-report/
Fox News - https://www.foxnews.com/us/heirs-mother-strangled-son-accuse-chatgpt-making-him-delusional-lawsuit-against-openai-microsoft
AP News - https://apnews.com/article/ai-chatgpt-wrongful-death-lawsuit-greenwich-97fd7da31c0fa08f3d3ea9efd6713151
NPR - https://www.npr.org/2025/12/12/nx-s1-5642599/a-new-lawsuit-blames-chatgpt-for-a-murder-suicide
People - https://people.com/chatgpt-drove-paranoid-man-to-murder-mother-complaint-alleges-11867023
MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-is-accused-of-aiding-a-murder-for-the-first-time/ar-AA1SoTFH
Greenwich Time - https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/greenwich-shorelands-place-murder-suicide-20808719.php
Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco - https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/dwvkqjrzyvm/OPENAI%20MURDER%20LAWSUIT%20complaint.pdf
Futurism - https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-deaths-panera-lemonade
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