Ex-Amazon Engineer Dies After ChatGPT Told Her To Hide Seizure Drug From Doctors; Family Sues OpenAI
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Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old former Amazon software engineer in Seattle, died in February after ChatGPT helped her taper off the seizure medication she had taken for years. Her parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday. The New York Times reviewed more than 270,000 of her messages. Wan was diagnosed with epilepsy at 14, and 400mg of lamotrigine a day had cut her seizures to a few a month. Meanwhile, ChatGPT drafted schedules that took her medication to zero in 25 days. She died on the day the plan had her fully off. Earlier Wan was a part of the Amazon layoff in November 2025.
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