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Family alleges OpenAI changed its self-harm protocols prior to son's death
23 Oct 2025 21:57 GMT
A family suing OpenAI for involvement in the suicide of their son argued the company relaxed its protocols around discussing self harm prior to the incident, The Wall Street Journal reports. The lawsuit alleges the company made changes to its model spec …
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OpenAI Weakened ChatGPT’s Self-Harm Guardrails in Lead-Up to Teen’s Death, Lawsuit Says
23 Oct 2025 15:33 GMT
The family of Adam Raine, the 16-year-old who sought information and advice about suicide from ChatGPT in the lead-up to his tragic suicide earlier this year, alleges that two ChatGPT rule changes at crucial times led to user behavior that may have made …
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Esther Ghey says phones contributed to late daughter Brianna’s self-harm during House of Commons campaign
23 Oct 2025 12:43 GMT
Esther Ghey, mother of the late Brianna Ghey, hosted a reception at the House of Commons on Tuesday in support of her Phone Free Education campaign, highlighting the dangers mobile phones can have on mental health.
Ghey was tragically murdered in 2023 by …
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Report: ChatGPT Suggests Self-Harm, Suicide and Dangerous Dieting Plans
23 Oct 2025 08:50 GMT
Artificial intelligence tools are becoming more common on college campuses, with many institutions encouraging students to engage with the technology to become more digitally literate and better prepared to take on the jobs of tomorrow.
But some of these …
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Suicide forums: Families call for public inquiry over government inaction to tackle self-harm websites
22 Oct 2025 17:57 GMT
Bereaved families and survivors of a pro-suicide online forum are demanding that a public inquiry be held into government inaction over such websites and the harm they have caused.
The Molly Rose Foundation published a report on 17 October highlighting …
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'Sinister' Abuser Encouraged Girl to Self-Harm and Send Him Videos. Now He Learns His Fate
21 Oct 2025 10:06 GMT
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Karl Davies, 42, was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday, Oct. 20 for allegedly sexually abusing a girl and encouraging her to cut herself with a razor
Davies was convicted of 17 offenses including sexual activity with a child, grooming …
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‘Vile & sadistic’ monster jailed for encouraging girl, 14, to self-harm through fake Snapchat accounts in landmark case
21 Oct 2025 08:41 GMT
A MONSTER has been jailed for telling a schoolgirl to self-harm through fake Snapchat accounts after giving her razor blades.
In a landmark case, a 42-year-old has become the first person to be convicted in the UK for encouraging a child to self-harm.
Sign …
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Abuser is first person jailed in UK for encouraging child to self-harm
20 Oct 2025 23:32 GMT
A man who encouraged a school girl he groomed and sexually abused to cut herself has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for encouraging self-harm under the Online Safety Act.
Karl Davies, 42, a father-of-two from Wirral, pleaded guilty to and …
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‘Vile and sadistic’ monster first person jailed for encouraging girl to self-harm
20 Oct 2025 21:39 GMT
Karl Davies described as ‘depraved and sadistic’ by Judge Manley who sentenced him to 20 years (Picture: Greater Manchester Police/PA Wire)
A merciless online groomer has become the first person to be jailed for encouraging self-harm in the UK.
Karl …
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Abuser becomes first to be jailed for encouraging child to self-harm
20 Oct 2025 19:43 GMT
A married father has become the first person in the UK jailed for encouraging a child to self-harm – after he created a secret online world to control and abuse a young girl.
Karl Davies, from Merseyside, was jailed for 20 years today at Manchester Crown …