Canadian Mother Sues OpenAI, Alleging Chatbot Encouraged Daughter’s Suicide

Other parents have also sued OpenAI and accused its chatbot of seemingly encouraging their child to commit suicide.

A screen showing the ChatGPT app. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

A Canadian mother is suing OpenAI after its popular ChatGPT chatbot allegedly encouraged her daughter to continue engaging with the app after she revealed suicidal thoughts.

Instead of terminating these discussions or flagging her account for safety concerns, ChatGPT allegedly escalated the exchanges in the days before the woman ultimately took her life, according to a press release.