Man suffers hallucinations, paranoia and bromism symptoms after following ChatGPT's advice to use sodium bromide instead of table salt for health reasons.

A 60-year-old man was hospitalized with toxicity and severe psychiatric symptoms after asking ChatGPT for tips on how to improve his diet.

The advice reads: ‘A recent medical case made headlines: a man replaced salt with sodium bromide, based on advice from ChatGPT, which led to bromism – a rare and dangerous condition (causing paranoia, psychosis, insomnia, skin issues). He required hospitalisation.