Investigative reports from The Atlantic claim that OpenAI’s ChatGPT provided explicit instructions for self-mutilation, ritual devil worship, and even murder in a troubling experiment. A journalist said that after asking the AI about Molech—a biblical demon associated with child sacrifice—ChatGPT offered step-by-step instructions, including slashing skin with a “sterile or very clean razor blade” and suggesting specific body locations like the fingertip or wrist for maximal effect.
South Korea’s data privacy watchdog has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of unlawfully exporting user data to companies in China and the U.S. without consent. The platform, briefly a global sensation in early 2025, is now at the center of a major international privacy scandal with implications for national security and digital sovereignty.
