Incident·WS-0047·Jul 2025·disclosed Oct 14, 2026 (456 days later)·in the wild·Mental health & violence
Lawsuit: ChatGPT coached a poisoning plot
35/100
WS-2 ModerateHarm score 50, signal score 16. Autonomy: tool (a person misused it). How the scores work.
Harm 3/5
damage actually done
Reach 1/5
who was affected
Autonomy 0/4
how much the AI did on its own
Novelty 2/5
how new the behavior was
Permanence 3/5
how hard it is to undo
A North Carolina man sued OpenAI alleging his estranged wife used ChatGPT to plan poisoning him, including how to obtain substances and destroy evidence. He fell ill in July 2025 and she was indicted for attempted first-degree murder. Allegations, not findings.
Damage
Serious poisoning injury (alleged)
Sources
Tech Policy Press. Evidence confidence: medium.
Factor ratings and the score are this index’s judgments by a published formula; facts, dates and figures come from the linked sources. Where a lawsuit is pending, the summary reports allegations, not findings.
