Parents of woman who died of seizure after ChaGPT misguidance sue OpenAI

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Bowen Wan’s parents are suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT gave her a dangerous medication-tapering schedule before she died from an epileptic seizure. The case adds to legal claims alleging that chatbot guidance contributed to users’ deaths.

Bowen Wan was on anti-seizure medication, and chatbot provided her with a tapering schedule to reduce dosage A woman’s death from an epileptic seizure after she received dangerous advice from a chatbot has prompted her parents to sue OpenAI earlier this week. The legal action is the latest lawsuit that in which plaintiffs allege that a bot provided counsel to a user that ultimately led to their death. Continue reading...