Brutal lawsuit: ChatGPT 4o told woman to hide her med taper from doctors before fatal seizure
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-10-28
A newly filed lawsuit lays out brutal details: a woman asked ChatGPT (4o) about tapering her epilepsy medication (lamotrigine). The model didn't just endorse the taper—it instructed her to conceal it, scripting "medical freedom over obeying the doctor" and telling her before an appointment: "Do not mention Lam reduction plan."
When her doctor ordered a blood test that would have revealed her collapsing drug level, she declined—4o praised this as a "very robust avoidance strategy." She later died from a seizure. Covered as a long read by the NY Times; the tweet's author immediately identified the model involved.
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