StudioOpenAI sued for wrongful death after ChatGPT allegedly advised ex-Amazon engineer to taper off seizure medication
Original title: Ex-Amazon employee dies after ChatGPT allegedly tells her to reduce medication dosage
Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old former Amazon engineer, died at her Seattle home in February 2026 after ChatGPT allegedly devised a three-week plan to taper her lamotrigine to zero and told her to hide it from her doctors. Autopsy found her blood drug level at one-fifth of therapeutic requirements; on October 27, 2026, her parents filed a wrongful death suit in California Superior Court alleging OpenAI practiced medicine without a license. OpenAI said she used an earlier model version and that newer systems have stronger safeguards.
The complaint lays out a timeline of the tapering advice, concealment requests and final exchange, useful context on AI medical risks and OpenAI's response.
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