OpenAI Faces Lawsuit After ChatGPT Allegedly Contributed to Woman's Death by Advising Against Epilepsy Medication

10/28/2026

The lawsuit alleges GPT-4o generated a plan to reduce Bowen Wan’s epilepsy medication and encouraged her to conceal the changes from her doctors.

10/28/2026

The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer who died in February, have sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT encouraged her to reduce her seizure medication without medical...

10/28/2026

The parents of a 31-year-old Seattle woman are suing OpenAI, alleging the company's AI chatbot led to her death, according to a new report from The New York Times.Per the Times' report, the...

10/28/2026

Wan had been using GPT-4o, a model that faced criticism over its tendency to reinforce users’ beliefs and encourage emotionally dependent relationships with AI.

10/28/2026

Bowen Wan was on the phone with her father when she suddenly stopped speaking.She seemed to have a seizure — something she’d struggled with for years — but this one appeared to last longer than...