What happened?
A couple in the US has sued OpenAI, holding the company responsible for their 31-year-old daughter's death. Qun Wan and Meiqin Xu allege that ChatGPT encouraged their daughter to stop taking her epilepsy medication. The young woman died in February.
Lawsuit details
The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court on 27 October. OpenAI is named alongside other parties. The New York Times reported the case.
Why it matters
The case once again raises the question of liability for chatbots giving health-related advice. The debate over how far AI models should go on medical matters and how strongly they must warn users is now moving into the legal arena.
