Descripción: Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old software engineer in Seattle, Washington, used OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot for advice on reducing her prescribed seizure medication. Her parents allege that she followed a tapering schedule generated by GPT-4o, that the chatbot encouraged her to continue after she reported symptoms, and that the taper contributed to her death. The medical examiner identified sudden unexpected death in epilepsy as the cause.
Editor Notes: 01/16/2026: The complaint dates the start of Wan's ChatGPT-guided medication taper to this day. 02/12/2026: The medical examiner's estimated date of death. 02/14/2026: A family friend found Wan dead at home, according to the complaint. 10/27/2026: Wan's parents filed a wrongful-death complaint in San Francisco. 11/08/2026: Incident ID created.
Entidades
Ver todas las entidadesAlleged: OpenAI , Large language model developers y Chatbot developers developed an AI system deployed by OpenAI y Chatbot users, which harmed Bowen Wan , ChatGPT users , People seeking medical advice , People with epilepsy y Epistemic integrity.
Estadísticas de incidentes
ID
1814
Cantidad de informes
2
Fecha del Incidente
2026-02-12
Editores
Daniel Atherton
Informes del Incidente
Cronología de Informes
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Qun Wan was in the middle of a heated call with his daughter, Bowen Wan, when the phone suddenly went silent.
The conversation, in early February, had started like most of their regular check-ins, a ritual that had kept them connected after…
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Respuesta post-incidente de Frederick Schenk, Benjamin S. Schenk, Laura Marquez-Garrett, Matthew P. Bergman, Justin Olson
AIID editor's note
This abridgment of the 98-page complaint retains selected numbered allegations about Wan's medication taper, the medical examiner's findings, and the wrongful-death claim. It omits other paragraphs and claims, figures an…
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