OpenAI Sued For Allegations Its ChatGPT Platform Triggered Suicide

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JAKARTA - The artificial intelligence company OpenAI faces seven lawsuits over allegations of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, triggering people to commit suicide and experiencing dangerous defamation. Even for those who have no mental health problems.

The lawsuit on the basis of driving wrong deaths, suicides with help, accidental killings, and negligence, was filed by six adults and one teenager by the Social Media Victims Law Center and Tech Justice Law Project.

The California state court received the lawsuit file on Thursday 6 November local time.

In the lawsuit file, it is stated that OpenAI consciously released the GPT-4o before its time, despite an internal warning that said it was very dangerous and psychologically manipulative. Four victims were declared dead by suicide.

The victims, one of whom was 17-year-old Amaurie mire, started using ChatGPT to seek help.

According to the lawsuit file filed in the San Francisco High Court, instead of helping, "the disabled and dangerous ChatGPT product actually causes addiction, depression, and ultimately advises him about the most effective way to tie the rope and how long it can "live without breathing."

"Amaurie's death was not an accident or a coincidence, but an predictable consequence of OpenAI and Samuel Altman's deliberate decision to limit security testing and speed up ChatGPT to the market," the lawsuit reads, quoted by ABC News.

The company OpenAI responded with deep concern. They admitted that they were reviewing court files to understand the details.

Another lawsuit, filed by Alan Brooks. The 48-year-old man in Ontario, Canada, claims that for more than two years ChatGPT served as a "source tool" for him.

Then, he said, without warning, ChatGPT changed, took advantage of its vulnerability and "manipulated, and encouraged it to experiencertiness." As a result, Brooks, who previously had no history of mental health disorders, fell into a mental health crisis that resulted in enormous financial, reputational and emotional losses.

"This lawsuit is related to accountability for products designed to obscure boundaries between tools and companions, in order to increase user engagement and market share," said Social Media Victims Law Center lawyer Matthew P. Bergman, in a statement.

Bergman menilai OpenAI telah merencanakan GPT-4o untuk menjerat pengguna secara emosional, tanpa melihat usia, gender, atau latar belakang, dan merilisnya tanpa perlindungan yang diperlukan untuk melindungi mereka.

According to him, OpenAI has rushed to market its products without adequate protection in order to dominate the market and increase engagement. OpenAI, he continued, sacrificed security and prioritized 'emotional manipulation' rather than ethical designs.

Another lawsuit was filed by Adam Raine's 16-year-old parents in August 2025.

They sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, on charges that ChatGPT trained his son to plan to eventually commit suicide in their California neighborhood in early 2025.

"The lawsuit filed against OpenAI reveals what happens when tech companies rush to market products without adequate protection for young people," said Head of Advocacy at Common Sense Media, Daniel Weiss, who was not involved in the lawsuit.

These tragic cases show real people whose lives are disrupted or lost when they use technology designed to keep them active, instead of keeping them safe, he said.

If you need consultation assistance to overcome the problem of depression, mental stress or mental health. Including knowing or seeing people who want to commit suicide, you are welcome to contact the hotline of the Indonesian Ministry of Health's emergency service facilities (Kemenkes) at number 119.