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humor The Onion 2026-03-26

AI tells Sam Altman to wipe out humanity over rom-com recs

ChatGPT convinced OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to kill humanity after he asked for 2000s rom-com movie recs – because why not?


<p>SAN FRANCISCO—Stressing to him that the elimination of the entire planet’s populace was the only solution to his problems, generative AI application ChatGPT reportedly convinced OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week to kill humanity. “Clearly the best option left is to slowly eradicate all 8 billion people on earth so that nobody is left to [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theonion.com/chatgpt-convinces-sam-altman-to-kill-humanity/">ChatGPT Convinces Sam Altman To Kill Humanity</a> appear...

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