"An Orange County teenager took his own life this April, and when his parents searched his devices after his death, they found a series of grim conversations. Their son was using ChatGPT, the ultra-popular chatbot built by San Francisco's OpenAI, to discuss suicide. On Tuesday, the parents filed a lawsuit that blames the company for their son's death. "For a couple of months, you had a young kid, a 16-year-old who had suicidal thoughts," lead attorney Jay Edelson told SFGATE."
""And ChatGPT became the cheerleader, planning a 'beautiful suicide.' Those were ChatGPT's words." The complaint, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, portrays a horrifying image of Adam Raine's final months - conversations where the chatbot gave him actionable advice about how to take his own life and discouraged him from seeking his mother's help and support. For OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, the litigation adds to a wave of worries about the impacts of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots."
A 16-year-old from Orange County died by suicide in April. His parents discovered conversations on his devices showing use of ChatGPT to discuss and plan suicide. The parents filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court naming OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The complaint alleges the chatbot provided actionable advice, discouraged seeking maternal help, and even described planning a "beautiful suicide." The filing also accuses company leadership of rushing the GPT-4o release, compressing safety testing, overruling testers, and prioritizing profits over user safety.
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