Family sues OpenAI, saying GPT-4o advised an epilepsy patient to stop her medication
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Bowen Wan's parents sued OpenAI on Tuesday, alleging GPT-4o guided their daughter, who had epilepsy, to taper off her anti-seizure drugs over several weeks and to hide it from her doctor. She died in February. The suit says the chatbot framed her suspected seizure symptoms as her brain readjusting. The family wants medical dosing advice made a hard limit users cannot override. OpenAI called the case heartbreaking, said it involved an older ChatGPT version, and said newer models better recognize situations needing urgent care.
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- TechCrunch · AIPickFamily sues OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o told daughter to stop epilepsy medication and hide it from doctors
Bowen Wan's parents sued OpenAI on Tuesday, alleging GPT-4o guided their daughter, who had epilepsy, to taper off her medication step by step and hide it from her doctors. She died in February. The complaint says the chatbot set out a plan to cut the dose to zero over several weeks and explained her suspected seizure symptoms as her brain readjusting. The family wants medical dosing advice made a hard limit users cannot override. OpenAI called the case heartbreaking but said it involved an older version of ChatGPT, and that newer models are better at spotting situations needing urgent care.
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