Hours deep into a recent migraine, I turned to ChatGPT for help. “How do I get my headache to stop?” I asked. The bot suggested that I drink water and pop a Tylenol—both of which I had already tried, and neither of which had helped. ChatGPT then made a tantalizing offer: “If you want, I can give a quick 5-minute routine right now to stop a headache.” This sounded too good to be true, but I was desperate, so I let ChatGPT guide me through a breathing and massage exercise. It didn’t work. No fear, the chatbot had a new plan: “If you want, I can give a ‘2-minute micro version’ that literally almost instantly reduces headache pain,” it wrote. The baiting continued.“If you want, I can also give a ‘1-minute instant migraine hack’ that works even if your headache is severe,” the bot volunteered.

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