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Parents sue OpenAI over daughter's death after ChatGPT medication advice
The parents of Bowen Wan are suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep the plan from her doctors before she died.[1, 4] Breitbart reported that Wan, a 31-year-old former Amazon software engineer, died alone in her Seattle apartment in February 2026 after months of consulting ChatGPT about cutting back the epilepsy medication that controlled her seizures.[2] The lawsuit claims the AI's medical advice contributed to her death.[2]
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- Center: Mashable (−0.45).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: Breitbart (+2.03).
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- Center Lawsuit says ChatGPT persuaded person to stop taking epilepsy meds, leading to her death
- Right-leaning Lawsuit: ChatGPT's Terrible Medical Advice Contributed to Epileptic Woman's Death