31-Year-Old Woman Reduced Epilepsy Medication After ChatGPT Advice: Report Links Case to Her Death
International Business Times Singapore
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The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Seattle software engineer with epilepsy, are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT helped her taper off her seizure medication and hide the decision from her doctors before her death in February 2026. The King County Medical Examiner determined that Wan died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), while postmortem blood tests found her level of lamotrigine, an anti-seizure medication, was approximately one-fifth of the lowest concentration considered effective. The allegations have not been tested in court. Although the low medication level is relevant to the family's case, it does not establish what caused Wan's death or prove that ChatGPT was legally responsible.
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