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It was a case of murder by algorithm. A disturbed former Yahoo manager killed his mother and then himself after months of delusional interactions with his AI chatbot “best friend” — which fueled his paranoid belief that his mom was plotting against him, officials said. Stein-Erik Soelberg, 56, allegedly confided his darkest suspicions to the popular ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence — which he nicknamed “Bobby” — and was allegedly egged on to kill by the computer brain’s sick responses. In what is believed to be the first case of its kind, the chatbot allegedly came up with ways for Soelberg to...

He has an intriguing theory for why it's happening.Mental health experts are continuing to sound alarm bells about users of AI chatbots spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia and delusions, a trend they've started to refer to as "AI psychosis." On Monday, University of California, San Francisco research psychiatrist Keith Sakata took to social media to say that he's seen a dozen people become hospitalized after "losing touch with reality because of AI." In a lengthy X-formerly-Twitter thread, Sakata clarified that psychosis is characterized by a person breaking from "shared reality," and can show up in a...

...In 1953, Eartha Kitt recorded “Santa Baby,” a song that is a testament to the more capitalist tendencies the season can evoke. Over the course of a dozen sultry stanzas, Kitt asked for the sorts of gifts that any American could imagine: nice cars, luxurious homes and a few blank checks. Talk about true love. So let’s figure out just how much fulfilling her Christmas wish list would cost. “Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree for me . . .” Sable: $88,000 So a sable is a small weasel-like animal, as you may know, that mostly lives in Russia. Kitt...

'Most seductive woman of all time' revealed By Bonnie Malkin Last Updated: 3:25am BST 18/04/2008 She is two parts Kelly Brook, one part Jennifer Lopez and one part Angelina Jolie. Angelle was created from a survey of British women’s views about seduction Meet Angelle L Brook, a computer-generated composite representing British women’s idea of the "most seductive woman of all time". Angelle combines Brook’s hair and body, Lopez’s nose and Jolie’s lips, wrapped up in "the most seductive dress of all time": Marilyn Monroe’s white halter dress from The Seven Year Itch. She was created from a survey of British...

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