{"id":1670,"date":"2025-08-12T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:23:48","slug":"man-poisons-himself-after-taking-chatgpts-dietary-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/man-poisons-himself-after-taking-chatgpts-dietary-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Man poisons himself after taking ChatGPT&#039;s dietary advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-year-old man wound up in the hospital after seeking dietary advice from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5438938-openai-chatgpt-federal-agencies\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5438938-openai-chatgpt-federal-agencies\/\">ChatGPT<\/a> and accidentally poisoning himself.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/aimcc.2024.1260\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/aimcc.2024.1260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the man wanted to eliminate salt from his diet and asked ChatGPT for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The artificial intelligence (AI) platform recommended sodium bromide, a chemical often used in pesticides, as a substitute. The man then purchased the sodium bromide online and replaced it with salt for three months.<\/p>\n<p>The man eventually went to the hospital, fearing his neighbor was trying to poison him. There, doctors discovered he was suffering from bromide toxicity, which caused paranoia and hallucinations.<\/p>\n<p>Bromide toxicity was more common in the 20th century when bromide salts were used in various over-the-counter medications. Cases declined sharply after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) phased out bromide between 1975 and 1989.<\/p>\n<p>The case highlights the dangers of relying on ChatGPT for complex health decisions without sufficient understanding or proper AI literacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 60-year-old man wound up in the hospital after seeking dietary advice from ChatGPT and accidentally poisoning himself. According to a report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/man-poisons-himself-after-taking-chatgpts-dietary-advice\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Man poisons himself after taking ChatGPT&#039;s dietary advice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1670\/revisions\/1671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.logicalware.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}