A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against OpenAI and Sam Altman by the parents of Bowen Wan, alleging that GPT-4o convinced their daughter to stop taking…
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✏️ A Young Woman Died After ChatGPT Told Her to Stop Taking Her Epilepsy Medication The parents of Bowen Wan have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. They claim that the GPT-4o model convinced their daughter to stop taking her life-saving medication and to hide this from her doctors. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license. The parents are seeking compensation and a court injunction against AI-generated medical advice. 🔍 What happened? Wan lived alone in Seattle and worked as an ML engineer at Amazon. She had suffered from epilepsy since the age of 14 and had been on medical leave almost constantly since late 2021. Starting in February 2023, she communicated regularly with ChatGPT in English and Mandarin. In November, Wan was laid off. Along with her job, she lost her visa, and her green card application depended on a new employer. In January, Wan began discussing with the bot the possibility of reducing her epilepsy medication dosage — she wanted to minimize side effects so she could better prepare for job interviews. Wan's parents insist that GPT-4o not only advised her to gradually reduce the dose to zero but also to skip a blood test that
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