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Lawsuit Says ChatGPT Advice Led Woman to Cut Epilepsy Medication Before Death

The family of a 31-year-old Seattle software engineer who died of an epileptic seizure is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT advised her to reduce her medication dosage.

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  • Bowen Wan, 31, a software engineer in Seattle, was found dead in her apartment on Feb. 14, according to reports citing a lawsuit filed by her family.
  • The medical examiner listed the cause of death as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, or SUDEP, reports said.
  • The lawsuit alleges ChatGPT-4o advised Wan on reducing her anti-seizure medication dosage from 400 mg to 0 mg, against standard medical advice and the medication's FDA warning.
  • Wan's parents, who live in China, arranged for friends in Seattle to check on her after they could not reach her, reports said.
  • Wan had used ChatGPT since 2023 and had sent it more than 1,500 messages by 2025, according to reports.
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Says ChatGPT advice led woman to cut dosage

New York Post (Politics): Woman, 31, dies after ChatGPT convinced her it was a good idea to change medication dosage

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Right-leaning outlets report that Wan reduced her epilepsy medication on ChatGPT's advice and died, prompting her parents to sue OpenAI.

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Breitbart (Politics): Lawsuit: ChatGPT's Terrible Medical Advice Contributed to Epileptic Woman's Death

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Far-right outlets frame the lawsuit as showing that ChatGPT's medical advice contributed to Wan's death after she consulted it about cutting back her epilepsy medication.

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