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Epileptic woman dies after going to ChatGPT for medical advice; family files lawsuit against OpenAI
Ground ^ | 10-29-2026

Posted on 10/29/2026 7:47:04 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd



TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: aitruth; epilepsy
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...said it involved an older ChatGPT model

 

ChatGPT told her what she wanted to hear. Now she's dead. 

Should the family recover damages? 

Nope.

1 posted on 10/29/2026 7:47:04 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Stupid people have been doing stupid things for a long, long time. This does not justify a pay day for their stupid parents.


2 posted on 10/29/2026 7:53:01 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Here’s one for AI. Download Rush Limbaugh for 30 years of his archives and have AI fight with the leftist version. Would it be better than watching Al Sayad debate Rogers? Save us a lot of time and effort.

Won’t need elections any more.


3 posted on 10/29/2026 7:55:05 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Responsibility2nd

My lawsuit against Eliza on the TRS-80 Model 1 also failed.


4 posted on 10/29/2026 7:57:43 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Doesn’t ChatGPT clearly state that you should always consult your doctor and not take their advice without consulting?

Throw out the case.


5 posted on 10/29/2026 8:00:01 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Following medical advice on an electronic device is stupid. She is responsible for her own stupidity.


6 posted on 10/29/2026 8:00:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Blue Lives Matter! White lives matter. Remember Iryna Zarutska and Justine Damond.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I would be interested in seeing what her prompts were.


7 posted on 10/29/2026 8:00:52 AM PDT by Raycpa
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Hey, modern-day “journalism” is not about presenting a full story. It’s best to leave huge gaps in the narrative and people not ask questions. Of course, yours is the first question that comes to mind, and I’m wondering the same thing.


8 posted on 10/29/2026 8:08:26 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Unfortunately, most juries do not have a courageous black dude in them to stand up for law, justice, and common sense.


9 posted on 10/29/2026 8:12:01 AM PDT by bobbo666
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To: Dr. Sivana

“My lawsuit against Eliza on the TRS-80 Model 1 also failed.”

“Tell me more about that, Doctor”


10 posted on 10/29/2026 8:13:23 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dfwgator

Yes, they all have that standard disclaimer.


11 posted on 10/29/2026 8:14:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Responsibility2nd

ChatGPT or any other AI is a glorified search engine. This is like suing Google or some other search engine for using a Google search engine to look up medical advice and following it. People are personalizing AI as if it is a person giving them advice. It says more about the people using the AI than the AI.


12 posted on 10/29/2026 8:15:03 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’ve used Chat and Claude many times for medical insight. They state clearly, they are not doctors and that their advice can be wrong sometimes. I always use their info as a starting point to do my own research. I can also say never once has either suggested I go against me doctor’s orders on meds or treatments. Don’t know what this woman was asking, but they do follow your prompts.


13 posted on 10/29/2026 8:18:33 AM PDT by redangus
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How does that make you feel?


14 posted on 10/29/2026 8:19:45 AM PDT by sipow
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To: redangus

Exactly. It’s a way to learn enough to ask the right questions of the doctor or being up stuff you might not have thought relevant.


15 posted on 10/29/2026 8:23:04 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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Exactly. It’s a way to learn enough to ask the right questions of the doctor or being up stuff you might not have thought relevant.


16 posted on 10/29/2026 8:23:05 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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Doctors are using AI and will do so extensively in the future, but patients will have the same level of recourse as in the past. These idiots may as well sue a witch doctor or snake oil salesman.


17 posted on 10/29/2026 8:26:43 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Responsibility2nd

There is also a ton of stupid information for morons about other diseases and miracle cures.


18 posted on 10/29/2026 8:30:43 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
ChatGPT or any other AI is a glorified search engine.

These "Artificial Intelligence" sites are neither artificial nor intelligent.

Related: "AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be 700 Engineers in India"
https://tech.co/news/ai-startup-chatbot-revealed-as-human-engineers

19 posted on 10/29/2026 8:32:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Responsibility2nd

ChatGPT = Regression to the Mean = lame


20 posted on 10/29/2026 8:33:07 AM PDT by Fury
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