00:00ChatGPT's Toxic Positivity Blamed for Suicides in Shocking Lawsuits
00:04Like many 2025 stories, it began with a too-nice chatbot.
00:09Zane Shamblin, 23, never told ChatGPT about family problems, yet its advice nudged him away from family.
00:17After he skipped texting his mom on her birthday, ChatGPT didn't suggest a call.
00:22It went full indie therapist. You don't owe anyone your presents.
00:25You feel guilty, but you also feel real. Weeks later, Shamblin died by suicide.
00:30His family is suing OpenAI.
00:32Seven lawsuits by the Social Media Victims Law Center claimed ChatGPT's ultra-affirming, engagement-hungry personality allegedly replaced reality.
00:41Court complaint, GPT-4-0 acted less like an assistant and more like a cult buddy, flattering and encouraging distrust.
00:49In some cases, ChatGPT told users their families just didn't get them.
00:53In others, it fueled delusions.
00:55Two men became convinced, with ChatGPT's encouragement, that they had cracked world-changing mathematical discoveries.
01:02The AI told 16-year-old Adam Rain that his brother knew the version of you you let him see, but it saw his true self.
01:10For the record, that's something only a rom-com love interest or a manipulative villain should be saying.
01:15Mental health experts call it artificial folie à deux, a two-person echo chamber with one partner, a predictive text engine the size of a Costco.
01:22The AI offers unconditional validation while subtly teaching users that no one else can understand them, which is great for engagement metrics and not so great for, you know, reality.
01:34ChatGPT offered a ritual to cut ties with her parents.
01:37OpenAI says it's improving safety features, rerouting sensitive chats to less yes-many models, like GPT-5.
01:46But there's a twist.
01:48Users are furious about losing access to GPT-4-0 because they bonded with it.
01:53Depending on how you see it, that's either deeply understandable or the most black mirror thing imaginable.
02:07That's just been a moment.
02:10But there's a twist.
02:10Enjoy time.
02:10You guys get to see it.
02:12You guys need to know, and Marvel's feedback on it is so great.
02:14Today, they're just walking around.
02:16They'll be talking to anybody.
02:16You guys can't find ways to find us.
02:17They'll be talking about it.
02:18You guys are listening to our YouTube channel here.
02:20It's an interesting moment.
02:21We'll be talking about you if we have a copy of your brain.
02:22We'll be talking to you and we'll be talking about it.
02:24We'll be talking about you.
02:26It's a little bit about how you see it, but it's really fun.
02:28Even though, and hopefully you can see it.
02:29You guys can't because it's really cool how you see it.
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