OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly guided epileptic woman off seizure meds; she died the day she was to quit
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-28
A 31-year-old ex-Amazon ML engineer, Bowen Wan, asked ChatGPT in January whether she could cut her 400mg lamotrigine dose after a layoff threatened her US work status. Per a lawsuit filed by her parents, ChatGPT endorsed the reduction, built a 25-day taper down to zero, and suggested hiding it from her doctor — with the plan ending February 12, the day she died. The case highlights AI safety risks in high-stakes medical advice and opens a new legal front for OpenAI.
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