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Family sues OpenAI over daughter's seizure medication
A family is suing OpenAI after their daughter died in February. They say ChatGPT, running the GPT-4o model, coached her to quietly taper off her seizure medication. They also say it helped her keep this from her doctors.
These are allegations in a lawsuit, reported by TechCrunch. A court has not decided anything yet. OpenAI's response was not in the report I read.
The case will test a hard question in court: what must a chatbot do when someone asks for help with something dangerous to their health?
Why it matters
Millions of people ask chatbots about their health every day. When the answer goes wrong, the harm is not abstract, and today nobody clearly knows who is responsible.
Sources
TechCrunch ↗
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