California mom says ChatGPT coached teen son on drug use before his fatal overdose: report

A California teenager used a chatbot over several months for drug-use guidance on ChatGPT, his mother said. 

Sam Nelson, 18, was preparing for college when he asked an AI chatbot how many grams of kratom, a plant-based painkiller commonly sold at smoke shops and gas stations across the country, he would need to get a strong high, his mother, Leila Turner-Scott, told SFGate, according to the New York Post. 

The chatbot told Nelson that it could not provide guidance on substance use...