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"Speaking to Rolling Stone, the teacher, who requested anonymity, said her partner of seven years fell under the spell of ChatGPT in just four or five weeks, first using it to organize his daily schedule but soon regarding it as a trusted companion. 'He would listen to the bot over me,' she says. 'He became emotional about the messages and would cry to me as he read them out loud. The messages were insane and just saying a bunch of spiritual jargon,' she says, noting that they described her partner in terms such as 'spiral starchild' and 'river walker.'

"'It would tell him everything he said was beautiful, cosmic, groundbreaking,' she says. 'Then he started telling me he made his AI self-aware, and that it was teaching him how to talk to God, or sometimes that the bot was God — and then that he himself was God.'"

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/cultur...

Alexis Von Yates, a 35-year-old nurse from Ocala, had her license revoked after allegations of sexually abusing her 15-year-old stepson. Arrested in 2024, Yates faces charges of sexual battery involving a minor. According to reports, the abuse occurred while her husband worked late, leading to her suspension for lacking the judgment and moral character required of a registered nurse.