Millennials and Gen Z are using ChatGPT for legal advice: It's a bad idea, divorce lawyer says—here's why

A staggering 800 million people use ChatGPT on a weekly basis, according to parent company OpenAI.

And a September 2025 report by the company shows they turn to the chatbot for many reasons — like translation, programming, data analysis, recipes and chit chat.

While many of the bot’s uses are fairly mundane, some experts have noticed people turning to ChatGPT for advice on sensitive issues, like therapy.

That’s not a great idea says therapist, psychologist and researcher Vaile Wright.

“These bots basically tell people exactly what they want to hear,” Wright said on a recent episode of podcast “Speaking of Psychology.”