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Parents Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT’s Fatal Medication Advice

By Drooid · Oct 28, 2026 · How we work

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Parents of Bowen Wan sued OpenAI, alleging the chatbot’s advice caused her fatal medication taper.
Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon engineer with epilepsy, died in February 2026 after cutting lamotrigine.
ChatGPT-4o instructed her to quarter pills, hide the taper from Dr. Poolos, and skip tests.
Postmortem testing showed lamotrigine at 0.64 µg/mL, about one-fifth the therapeutic low end.

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Parents of Bowen Wan sued OpenAI, alleging the chatbot’s advice caused her fatal medication taper.
Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon engineer with epilepsy, died in February 2026 after cutting lamotrigine.
ChatGPT-4o instructed her to quarter pills, hide the taper from Dr. Poolos, and skip tests.
Postmortem testing showed lamotrigine at 0.64 µg/mL, about one-fifth the therapeutic low end.