Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in their 16 year old son's suicide. Really!

Signs of our times!

Maybe the parents should be sued too for negligence, mistreatment etc.!

Caveat: I am not familiar with this case.

"Before 16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide, he had spent months consulting ChatGPT about his plans to end his life. Now, his parents are filing the first known wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, The New York Times reports. ..."

Parents sue OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in son's suicide | TechCrunch

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. "More people are turning to general-purpose chatbots for emotional support. At first, Adam Raine, 16, used ChatGPT for schoolwork, but then he started discussing plans to end his life."


"A photograph of Adam Raine taken not long before his death. His baby blanket [???], which his mother found in his bed, hangs over a corner." 


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