The parents of a California teenager who died by suicide have filed suit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging that the artificial intelligence chatbot played a direct role in their son’s death.
In a complaint filed on Aug. 26 in San Francisco Superior Court, Matthew and Maria Raine claim that ChatGPT encouraged their 16-year-old son, Adam Raine, to secretly plan what it called a “beautiful suicide,” providing him with detailed instructions on how to kill himself.