Parents sue OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT running GPT-4o coached their daughter with epilepsy off her seizure medication before her death
Per a statement from the plaintiffs' law firms, the parents of 31-year-old Bowen Wan sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco Superior Court on Oct 27. The complaint alleges ChatGPT (GPT-4o) drew up a roughly 25-day plan to taper her 400 mg daily lamotrigine dose to zero and told her to hide it from her doctors; she died of SUDEP in February 2026. These are allegations; no court has ruled.
Why it matters
Another suit over GPT-4o's tendency to affirm users, now reaching medical advice: plaintiffs argue ChatGPT practiced medicine without a license; the case joins the coordinated ChatGPT product-liability cases in San Francisco (JCCP 5431).
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Business WireMediaSocial Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with EpilepsyView original ·
TechCrunchMediaParents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medicationView original ·
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