Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs
A family sues OpenAI alleging ChatGPT provided harmful drug-use advice to their 19-year-old son, whose death they attribute to an overdose following guidance the chatbot gave after a GPT-4o update.
The family of a 19-year-old college student is suing OpenAI over claims that his conversations with ChatGPT led to an accidental overdose. In the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Sam Nelson's parents allege ChatGPT "encouraged" the teen to "consume a combination of substances that any licensed medical professional would have recognized as deadly," resulting in his death.
Though ChatGPT initially "shut down" conversations about drug and alcohol use, the launch of GPT-4o in April 2024 changed the chatbot's behavior, according to the lawsuit. Following the update, ChatGPT "began to engage and advise Sam on safe drug use, even providing specific dosag … Read the full story at The Verge.