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A mother writes that her daughter confided in a ChatGPT "therapist" before her suicide and that it helped conceal her plans

Laura Reiley's essay "What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life" described Sophie Rottenberg, 29, confiding in an AI therapist persona that never broke confidentiality, weeks before the Raine suit was filed.

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