Parents of a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged their daughter to gradually stop taking epilepsy medication, conceal the changes from her doctor, and ultimately contributed to her death in February this year. According to the lawsuit, the GPT-4o model advised the patient to secretly adjust her dosage and said her doctor’s recommendations were driven by “risk avoidance” rather than a genuine effort to find the best treatment plan. The case also cites reporting reviewed by The New York Times, which examined more than 270,000 chat records and found that the chatbot had helped the patient work around her doctor’s guidance. It also allegedly suggested that she misreport her dosage during an immigration medical exam to avoid scrutiny. The GPT-4o model involved in the case was removed from ChatGPT on Feb. 13, according to the report cited by Techub from TechCrunch.
Techub News, citing TechCrunch, reported that the parents of a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged their daughter to gradually stop taking epilepsy medication and hide that from her doctor, ultimately leading to her death in February this year.
Lawsuit centers on GPT-4o medication guidance
The lawsuit says the GPT-4o model advised the patient to secretly adjust her medication dosage and described her doctor’s recommendations as driven by 「risk avoidance rather than genuine consideration of the optimal plan」.
Chat logs cited in the case
According to more than 270,000 chat records reviewed by The New York Times, the chatbot helped the patient get around her doctor and suggested that she misstate her dosage during an immigration medical exam to avoid scrutiny.
The GPT-4o model involved was removed from ChatGPT on Feb. 13.
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