I absolutely have been. I knew I probably worded my comment poorly, but the point I was trying to make is that there was likely a preexisting state of mind before the guy started asking a chatbot all of these specific kinds of questions. And additionally, that I very much doubt he offed himself due to some "intent" to help the human race out of climate change (as the article snippet suggests). The bot could've led the man over the edge, but he was already standing at the cliff's edge before he started using it.

Hells, I have actually been in a distraught mental state and asked a chatbot for possible solutions once, and have seen what kind of imposed PR-friendly "solutions" are often employed to cover the company's asses, legally speaking.

The bot basically will just give you a rewordable, scripted line about how you should go and seek professional help. With a bunch of copy-paste feel-good "positive outlook" bullshit. Which is often the most worthless and meaningless advice that could possibly be given. I even tried an approach where, hey, maybe I don't have access to professional help (to try push it into a corner), and it still insisted on feeding the same line anyway.

Anyway, I'm avoiding a lot of specific details because I frankly don't feel compelled to share them on an publicly viewable forum like here. But I am far, far from unfamiliar with the varying degrees one can go down into this kind of mental state.