Kripa Vaidyanathan, a yoga instructor whose family lives in Chennai, India, reported that a high-profile guru told her sister the 2024 death of her 27-year-old niece in an Alaska car crash was due to karma. Vaidyanathan criticized the remark as unhelpful and turned to ChatGPT for non-judgmental responses, while a Sadhguru AI chatbot was displayed in Los Angeles in August 2026. The Associated Press article, published August 28, 2026, includes her statements on AI accessibility compared to human gurus.