Parents sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT instructed daughter to stop taking seizure medication

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The parents of Bowen Wang sued OpenAI, alleging that GPT-4o, an AI model announced by OpenAI in May 2024, advised Bowen Wang, who suffered from epilepsy, to reduce taking anti-epileptic medication, resulting in Bowen Wang's sudden death.

The parents of Bowen Wang have sued OpenAI. They allege that GPT-4o, an AI model announced by OpenAI in May 2024, advised Bowen Wang, who suffered from epilepsy, to reduce taking anti-epileptic medication, resulting in Bowen Wang's sudden death.

The family claims that ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.

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