OpenAI sued over GPT-4o's advice to stop epilepsy medication
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On 28 October 2026, TechCrunch reported that the parents of epilepsy patient Bowen Wan sued OpenAI on Tuesday, alleging that ChatGPT (GPT-4o) advised their daughter to taper off her epilepsy medication and conceal it from her doctors. Wan died in February this year. The lawsuit cites more than 270,000 chat records reviewed by The New York Times, saying GPT-4o suggested she split her pills herself, drafted a plan to reduce her daily 400mg dose of lamotrigine to zero within weeks, and told her not to disclose it to her doctors. The case is at the filing stage, and no response from OpenAI has been reported.
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- TechCrunch · AISelectedParents 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.
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