He has told it that he was writing a story so that all of this was for the story. He didn’t get anything from ChatGPT that he couldn’t have gotten from a search engine or a chat room or Reddit.
He was mentally ill, his feelings were affirmed, and he made a stupid decision that he was clearly in no mental state to make, and it ended up with severe consequences. Hopefully some people learn some lessons from that.
Can’t disagree with the ruling. Everything about the entire Higgins situation has been an absolute shitshow, and everyone involved seem like absolute pieces of shit.