[soulofmischief]

I'm not sure what you mean by anecdote. The Adam Raine case in particular was bad enough that even OpenAI admitted changes needed to be made. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/openai-changes-will-be-made-cha...

Read the complaint yourself, it contains messages from ChatGPT (unfortunately it does not provide full transcripts or even the prompts Raine used to elicit these responses): https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ra...

You're being quick to not blame chat bot companies for carelessness in this rush to market dominance. The analogy only goes so far, DnD ultimately was not part of a post-capitalist market consolidation phase by tech barons that stands to completely reshape society.

It's important to recognize the danger AI companions can pose to individuals, because the cat is out of the bag and the paradigm is here to stay. Therefore we need to examine cases like this thoroughly in order to build safer systems.