{
  "id": 17212894,
  "title": "US woman, 31, dies after ChatGPT allegedly advised her to stop taking epilepsy medication",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-woman-31-dies-after-chatgpt-allegedly-advised-her-to-stop-taking",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:48:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/us-woman-dies-chatgpt-epilepsy-medication/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Parents of a 31-year-old woman have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that their daughter's death was caused by ChatGPT. According to the lawsuit, the chatbot convinced the woman to gradually reduce her epilepsy medication dosage, ultimately leading to her death. The woman, who lived in the United States on a green card, had been experiencing severe epilepsy since 2021 and had to take disability leave from her job at Amazon. She began seeking medical advice from ChatGPT in Chinese, and the chatbot reportedly advised her to reduce her dosage, despite the doctor's warnings. The woman's parents claim that the chatbot gave her false information and practised medicine without a license, and that she would still be alive if ChatGPT had advised her otherwise.",
  "summary": "Her family is suing OpenAI, claiming that the chatbot practised medicine without a licence.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNET",
        "title": "Woman Died After ChatGPT Advised Her to Stop Taking Medication, Lawsuit Alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/woman-died-after-chatgpt-advised-her-to-stop-taking-medication",
        "published": "2026-10-29T19:54:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}