ChatGPT Sued Over Death Of Woman With Epilepsy After Medication Advice

The parents of a 31-year-old woman who died from an epilepsy-related complication have sued OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT guided their daughter off medication that helped control her seizures.
The wrongful-death lawsuit centres on Bowen Wan, a Seattle-based software engineer who reportedly feared her prescribed treatment was affecting her speech and thinking.
According to the complaint, ChatGPT helped her develop a plan to reduce her daily epilepsy medication from 400mg to zero over several weeks. The family also alleges the chatbot discouraged her from following medical advice and downplayed symptoms she reported during the reduction.
Wan’s epilepsy s...