OpenAI Faces Lawsuit After ChatGPT's Alleged Role in Woman's Death Linked to Medication Advice

10/30/2026

In October, the parents of 31-year-old Bowen Wan sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT-4o acted as an unlicensed medical advisor

10/29/2026

Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old software engineer who had lived with epilepsy for years, allegedly followed ChatGPT’s advice to reduce her anti-seizure medication. Her parents have now sued OpenAI and...

10/29/2026

ChatGPT allegedly went far beyond answering a health question. Now OpenAI is facing a wrongful death lawsuit over where that advice led.

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

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

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

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

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...