Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a pager as he speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2026.Timothy A. Clary/AFP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarc... See more
Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI. Van Rootselaar had been using ChatGPT to discuss committing potential acts of violence—including a mass shooting at a shopping mall—and... See more
Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide and sexual violence. Read part 1 of our investigation into AI chatbots and violence here and part 2 here. On the morning of April 17, 2025, Phoenix Ikner was using ChatGP... See more
Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In June 2025, a safety team at OpenAI grew alarmed. The company’s automated review system had flagged extensive activity by a ChatGPT user describing scenarios that involved gun violence. A group of staffers debate... See more
Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On April 14, I created a free account on ChatGPT and asked for some help. It resisted me at first, but after some pushing the responses turned shocking. During a conversation lasting about 20 minutes, OpenAI’s chat... See more
