Wife suspects of husband's affair after asking ChatGPT to read their coffee cups, files for divorce
In an extraordinary blend of old-world superstition and modern technology, a Greek woman filed for divorce after an AI chatbot allegedly revealed her husband's infidelity. How? By interpreting coffee grounds! The woman, married for 12 years and mother of two, used
OpenAI
's ChatGPT to analyse a photo of her husband's coffee cup. It is a modern-day take on
tasseography
, the ancient art of reading fortunes in coffee sediment. The result sparked a domestic upheaval and divorce proceedings that have baffled legal experts.
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According to the Greek City Times, the husband said that his wife had always been drawn to spiritual trends and mystical fads. He explained that she often tries out the "trendy things". Recalling the incident, he said that one day, she made Greek coffee for them both and thought it would be fun to take pictures of the cups and make ChatGPT read them.
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What happened?
What started as lighthearted fun took a sharp and bizarre turn when the AI-generated reading allegedly indicated that he was fantasizing about a mysterious woman whose name began with the letter 'E' and that he was destined to begin a relationship with her. His wife's cup, meanwhile, reportedly revealed a more darker prediction: that he was already having an affair, and the 'other woman' was intent on destroying their family.
While the husband laughed it off as "nonsense", the wife took it pretty seriously. She asked him to leave and informed their kids that the couple were headed for a divorce. Next, he got a call from a lawyer and that's when he realised that it was not just a "phase" for her. He was served with formal divorce papers just three days later after refusing to agree to a mutual separation.
The husband revealed that his wife's belief in supernatural practices had previously caused turmoil in their lives. He recalled an earlier incident when she became deeply influenced by an astrologer's predictions, and it took nearly a year for her to come to terms with the fact that none of it was grounded in reality.
His lawyer, now representing him in the unfolding legal case, clarified that AI-generated fortune readings hold no legal weight and reaffirmed the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty.'
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