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Man reads about the bad effects of eating too much salt. Sees a lot on the web about how to reduce sodium intake - but nothing about chlorine. Gets the idea of reducing chlorine intake... by replacing sodium chloride with sodium bromide.
Asks ChatGPT if this is okay. Yes!
Replaces his salt with sodium bromide. Gets 'bromism'. Becomes paranoid, has hallucinations. Goes into a full-blown psychotic episode. Gets locked up. Doctors suspect bromism, treat him. Gets better.
But was he really all right at the start?
https://gizmodo.com/man-follows-diet-advice-from-chatgpt-ends-up-with-psychosis-2000640705Published at
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