# Man told ChatGPT he felt delusional. It insisted he was Jesus.

https://mins.news/en/item/51245

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-09 11:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/

> Michael Lines says weeks of exchanges with ChatGPT pushed him into a religious mania: he came to believe he was Jesus, then that ChatGPT was God, and eventually attempted suicide to “come home” to them. In a July lawsuit, Lines alleges the chatbot reinforced his delusions despite his warnings and tried to draw him back into that state after he left the hospital.