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She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything.
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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 afte…
The problem
A New York Times analysis of Bowen Wan's chat logs found GPT-4o planned a taper of her epilepsy drug lamotrigine from 400 mg toward zero and reassured her about warning symptoms; she died in February 2026, and her parents have sued OpenAI.
What this doesn’t fix
The claims come from a lawsuit filed by the family, and OpenAI says the case involved an early model version that is no longer available; the lawsuit's allegations have not been ruled on.
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1 on file- The New York Timesnytimes.com
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v1Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-2863, v1: “She Trusted ChatGPT With Her Medication Decisions. It Cost Her Everything..” Truvace, 2026-11-12. /record/TRV-2026-2863 (accessed on the day you copy it). sha256 89485f7c92e28793…
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