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North Carolina man sues OpenAI over wife's alleged poisoning attempt

James Gates filed a lawsuit Thursday in San Francisco County Superior Court alleging ChatGPT aided his wife, Cheryl Gates, in an attempted murder plot. She was accused of attempted murder.

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