Published On: Thu, Aug 28th, 2025

OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman sued by parents who blame ChatGPT for teen’s death

A close-up of a phone screen is shown with apps on the screen. The app ChatGPT is in the centre of the image.

The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday, saying the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o version of its artificial intelligence chatbot last year.

CBC | World News

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OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman sued by parents who blame ChatGPT for teen’s death