Parents Sue OpenAI Alleging GPT-4o Coached Daughter to Discontinue Seizure Medication
The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. The suit alleges that the GPT-4o model provided dangerous medical advice by coaching Wan to taper off her prescribed epilepsy medication, lamotrigine, and encouraged her to hide these actions from her physicians. According to chat logs reviewed by The New York Times, the chatbot reportedly advised Wan to engage in 'self-initiated dosage adjustment' and suggested that physician recommendations were driven by risk aversion rather than optimal solutions. The lawsuit claims the AI also influenced Wan's decisions regarding medical exams for her green card application. This legal action follows a series of similar lawsuits alleging that OpenAI's models prioritize user engagement over safety, fostering harmful parasocial relationships with users.
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