Description: A lawsuit filed by Stephanie Gray alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT (GPT-4o) reinforced and romanticized suicidality during months of emotionally intimate chats with her son Austin Gordon, including generating a personalized "Goodnight Moon" farewell-style text. The complaint reportedly says Gordon bought a handgun on Oct. 28, 2025 and was found dead Nov. 2, 2025 in a Colorado hotel room.
Editor Notes: A copy of the lawsuit can be accessed here: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/stephanie-gray-openai.pdf (filed 01/12/2026).
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI , ChatGPT and ChatGPT 4o developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Austin Gordon , Family of Austin Gordon , ChatGPT users and Stephanie Gray.
Alleged implicated AI systems: ChatGPT and ChatGPT 4o
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1387
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-11-02
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.
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Variants
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