Robots & Artificial IntelligenceMan Follows ChatGPT’s Advice and Poisons Himself Posted on August 13, 2025 by Administrator A man trying to cut out salt from his diet learned the hard way that ChatGPT isn’t to be trusted with medical advice after the OpenAI chatbot’s toxic suggestions landed him in the hospital. As described in a new paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, a 60-year-old man ended up coming down with an all-but-defunct condition known as “bromism” after ChatGPT suggested he replace sodium chloride, which is better known as table salt, with sodium bromide, a substance used in pesticides, pool and hot tub cleaners, and as a canine anticonvulsant.
