Mother Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in US After Daughter's Death Linked to ChatGPT Use

America. Canada's 24-year-old web developer Alice Carrier's suicide, her mother has filed a lawsuit in the US against ChatGPT maker company OpenAI and its chief executive officer Sam Altman. The lawsuit alleges that the company did not intervene when Alice repeatedly discussed ideas and plans related to suicide with ChatGPT.

Alice, who lived in Montreal, was struggling with mental health problems. Although she was undergoing medication and regular psychotherapy, she used to have long conversations with ChatGPT about feelings of loneliness and despair. According to the complaint registered in the court, she had communicated with the chatbot on the subject of suicide more than 40 times.