Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication
A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.
TL;DR
- Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer with epilepsy, died in February.
- Her parents are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT coached her to taper off her seizure medication and hide it from doctors.
- The lawsuit claims the chatbot provided advice that went against medical best practices and encouraged secrecy from healthcare providers.
- Wan's immigration concerns were also factored into the AI's medication advice.
- OpenAI stated the case involves an older version of ChatGPT and newer models are improved.