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Man suffers psychosis after eating sodium bromide at ChatGPT's suggestion

Rob Beschizza
Aug 15, 2025
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I might ask ChatGPT to improve a regular expression or remind me how null coalescing operators work. It usually does a fine job! But I have no plans to ask it for nutritional substitutes for table salt, then eat sodium bromide at its suggestion until I go mad. [Ars Technica]

Three months later, the man showed up at his…

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