A woman has reportedly decided to end her 12-year marriage after ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, suggested her husband was having an affair based on a reading of his coffee cup. The unnamed woman uploaded a photograph of the coffee cup’s remnants to the chatbot, which allegedly interpreted the patterns to indicate that her husband was cheating on her with a woman whose name started with the letter E.
The husband, who appeared on a Greek morning show, claimed that his wife had previously been influenced by supernatural beliefs and had visited an astrologer in the past. However, this time, the AI chatbot’s reading seemed to have had a more significant impact onher.
According to the husband, his wife took the chatbot’s predictions seriously, asked him to leave, and informed their children that they were getting divorced. When he refused to agree to a mutual separation, she proceeded to file for divorce. The husband’s lawyer is reportedly arguing that the chatbot’s claims have no legal standing and that he is innocent until proven otherwise.
The story has sparked reactions on Reddit, with some users joking about AI taking over new genres of work, while others expressed concerns about vulnerable people struggling to distinguish between reality and fiction due to AI chatbots. One user pointed out that LLM tools can annihilate people’s ability to comprehend reality, highlighting the need for safeguards.