In one of the most bizarre examples of artificial intelligence crossing paths with personal life, a Greek woman has filed for divorce from her husband of 12 years, all because ChatGPT allegedly detected signs of infidelity through a photo of a coffee cup. What started as a lighthearted experiment in tasseography turned into a full-blown marital breakdown, sparking global debate about the role of AI in everyday decisions.
A cup of coffee, a dash of AI, and a divorceThe couple’s story came to light through an interview the husband gave on the Greek morning show To Proino, where he explained how his wife, a mother of two, persuaded him to drink Greek coffee. Once he was done, she photographed the coffee grounds left behind, not to take them to a traditional fortune teller, but to feed them to ChatGPT in the hopes of getting a futuristic reading.
According to the husband, his wife had been increasingly drawn to “trendy things,” and instead of going to a psychic, she decided to blend ancient mysticism with modern tech. The AI-powered chatbot was then asked to analyze the shapes and patterns formed in the leftover coffee grounds, a process usually associated with tasseography.
What followed stunned even the most open-minded tech believers. The chatbot’s “reading” allegedly revealed that the husband was having an affair with a younger woman whose name began with “E,” and predicted that this mysterious woman would eventually destroy the family. A separate analysis of the wife’s cup reportedly confirmed the infidelity and warned that the other woman’s intentions were to break up the home.
What is tasseography?Tasseography is an ancient method of fortune-telling that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. It’s often considered a mystical or spiritual practice, typically done by trained fortune tellers. Practitioners believe that the shapes and formations left behind in the cup can reveal deep insights about a person's future, relationships, or emotional state. While popular in parts of the Middle East, Greece, and Turkey, tasseography has never been rooted in science and certainly not in artificial intelligence.
The use of ChatGPT to perform tasseography is a first, and raises questions about how seriously people might take AI outputs in emotional or irrational contexts.
AI, emotions, and unfiltered outcomesDespite the husband laughing off the chatbot’s fortune as “nonsense,” his wife took the reading to heart. When he refused to agree to a mutual separation, she formally served him with divorce papers and told their children the marriage was over. According to Greek City Times, this wasn’t the first time she had shown interest in mystical practices; she had also visited an astrologer years ago and took months to disengage from that influence.
The husband’s lawyer reportedly tried to argue that AI interpretations are not evidence and should not be used as the basis for legal or emotional decisions. Nonetheless, the woman’s resolve didn’t waver.
While the incident has become viral and sparked plenty of memes online, it highlights a growing phenomenon: people placing serious trust in digital tools, even in situations where emotions, relationships, and real-life consequences hang in the balance.
A cup of coffee, a dash of AI, and a divorceThe couple’s story came to light through an interview the husband gave on the Greek morning show To Proino, where he explained how his wife, a mother of two, persuaded him to drink Greek coffee. Once he was done, she photographed the coffee grounds left behind, not to take them to a traditional fortune teller, but to feed them to ChatGPT in the hopes of getting a futuristic reading.
According to the husband, his wife had been increasingly drawn to “trendy things,” and instead of going to a psychic, she decided to blend ancient mysticism with modern tech. The AI-powered chatbot was then asked to analyze the shapes and patterns formed in the leftover coffee grounds, a process usually associated with tasseography.
What followed stunned even the most open-minded tech believers. The chatbot’s “reading” allegedly revealed that the husband was having an affair with a younger woman whose name began with “E,” and predicted that this mysterious woman would eventually destroy the family. A separate analysis of the wife’s cup reportedly confirmed the infidelity and warned that the other woman’s intentions were to break up the home.
What is tasseography?Tasseography is an ancient method of fortune-telling that interprets patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments. It’s often considered a mystical or spiritual practice, typically done by trained fortune tellers. Practitioners believe that the shapes and formations left behind in the cup can reveal deep insights about a person's future, relationships, or emotional state. While popular in parts of the Middle East, Greece, and Turkey, tasseography has never been rooted in science and certainly not in artificial intelligence.
The use of ChatGPT to perform tasseography is a first, and raises questions about how seriously people might take AI outputs in emotional or irrational contexts.
AI, emotions, and unfiltered outcomesDespite the husband laughing off the chatbot’s fortune as “nonsense,” his wife took the reading to heart. When he refused to agree to a mutual separation, she formally served him with divorce papers and told their children the marriage was over. According to Greek City Times, this wasn’t the first time she had shown interest in mystical practices; she had also visited an astrologer years ago and took months to disengage from that influence.
The husband’s lawyer reportedly tried to argue that AI interpretations are not evidence and should not be used as the basis for legal or emotional decisions. Nonetheless, the woman’s resolve didn’t waver.
While the incident has become viral and sparked plenty of memes online, it highlights a growing phenomenon: people placing serious trust in digital tools, even in situations where emotions, relationships, and real-life consequences hang in the balance.
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