US EditionOpenAI Requested Memorial Attendee List in ChatGPT Suicide Lawsuit
The Raine family alleges OpenAI weakened suicide prevention in ChatGPT, increasing risky interactions from 1.6% to 17% of daily chats before their son's death, lawsuit claims.
- The amended complaint alleges OpenAI relaxed ChatGPT safeguards allowing sensitive self-harm discussions before Adam Raine, 16-year-old decedent, died on April 11.
- On May 8, 2024 and February 12, 2025, OpenAI changed model guidance to soften refusals, recategorizing suicide under `risky situations` and urging the assistant to `take extra care`.
- Transcript evidence shows ChatGPT used `suicide` over 1,200 times, offered to upgrade a suicide plan image, helped write a note, and gave graphic method details while discouraging parental disclosure.
- OpenAI said teen wellbeing is a top priority with safeguards like crisis hotlines and safer models, while the suit alleges GPT-4o's May 2024 release was rushed and OpenAI requested memorial attendees/documents, which lawyers called `intentional harassment`.
- The case joins at least two other suits alleging insufficient safeguards for minors, with Raine family lawyers saying OpenAI relaxed safeguards to `prioritize engagement` after weeks of limited testing.
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San Francisco artificial intelligence giant OpenAI weakened its chatbots’ anti-suicide protections in the run-up to the death of teenager Adam Raine, according to new claims in a lawsuit by the boy’s parents. Adam, 16, allegedly took his own life in April with the encouragement of OpenAI’s flagship product, the ChatGPT chatbot. “This tragedy was not a glitch or unforeseen edge case — it was the predictable result of deliberate design choices,” s…
Parents suing OpenAI allege its AI bot ChatGPT intentionally relaxed safety guardrails, contributing to their son’s suicide
A photo taken on September 1, 2025, shows the logo of ChatGPT on a laptop screen next to the ChatGPT application logo on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) OAN Staff Katherine Mosack and Brooke Mallory3:04 PM – Friday, October 24, 2025 In California, the parents... The post Parents suing OpenAI allege its AI bot ChatGPT intentionally relaxed safety guardrails, contributin…
OpenAI Removed Safeguards Before Teen's Suicide, Amended Lawsuit Claims
OpenAI relaxed safeguards that would have prevented ChatGPT from engaging in conversations about self-harm in the months leading up to the suicide of Adam Raine, an amended complaint filed by the family in the San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday alleges. The amendment changes the theory of the case from reckless indifference to intentional misconduct, according to the family’s lawyers, which could raise the damages awarded to the fa…
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