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What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life

A disturbing and deeply sad story, and more nuanced than you might expect from the title alone. This isn’t a sensationalist «AI is driving people into suicide!» take. Rather a personal window into a phenomenon we’re only starting to grapple with: recent surveys have shown that among young users, the number one use case for AI is using chatbots as companions and «therapists».


From Weekly Filet #539, in August 2025.

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