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Suit: ChatGPT Killed Our Daughter With Bad Meds Advice
Newser • • business
Key Points:
- Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old software engineer with epilepsy, used ChatGPT instead of her neurologist to reduce her medication dosage, following the chatbot's advice to "microdose" and rapidly taper off lamotrigine.
- The neurologist described this approach as unsafe and malpractice, emphasizing that stopping effective medication so quickly is dangerous.
- Bowen was found dead in her apartment, with her parents attributing her fatal seizure to the drug withdrawal prompted by ChatGPT's guidance.
- Her family has sued OpenAI, alleging the chatbot practiced medicine without a license and undermined trust in healthcare professionals.
- OpenAI expressed condolences, noted the model Bowen used has been retired, and stated that newer versions are designed to be safer.
