The woman reduced her medication dose on ChatGPT's advice and died: The family filed a lawsuit against OpenAI Bowen Wang, a former Amazon employee, controlled her epilepsy with medication for more than a decade. However, the side effects of the new drug prevented her from preparing for the interviews. In January 2026, she began discussing with ChatGPT a dose reduction - from 400 to 300, and then to 200 mg per day. According to the lawsuit, the chatbot ultimately approved independent changes to the medication regimen and helped create a plan to stop the medication without the doctor's consent. When Wang began to experience confusion and memory loss, she repeatedly contacted ChatGPT, but it reassured her and did not advise her to seek medical help. In February 2026, Wang was found dead in an apartment in Seattle. The official cause of death was listed as complications of epilepsy. The family accuses OpenAI and Sam Altman of using the chatbot to push the woman into making dangerous decisions. The company said ChatGPT is not a substitute for medical care and noted that the GPT-4o model Wang used is no longer available.

The woman reduced her medication dose on ChatGPT's advice and died: The family filed a lawsuit against OpenAI Bowen Wang, a former Amazon employee, controlled her epilepsy with medication for more than a decade. However, the side effects of the new drug prevented her from preparing for the interviews. In January 2026, she began discussing with ChatGPT a dose reduction - from 400 to 300, and then to 200 mg per day. According to the lawsuit, the chatbot ultimately approved independent changes to the medication regimen and helped create a plan to stop the medication without the doctor's consent. When Wang began to experience confusion and memory loss, she repeatedly contacted ChatGPT, but it reassured her and did not advise her to seek medical help. In February 2026, Wang was found dead in an apartment in Seattle. The official cause of death was listed as complications of epilepsy. The family accuses OpenAI and Sam Altman of using the chatbot to push the woman into making dangerous decisions. The company said ChatGPT is not a substitute for medical care and noted that the GPT-4o model Wang used is no longer available.