Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself

<p>Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughts</p><p>A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in US court on Thursday, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to kill herself. The lawsuit is the latest in a slew accusing the company of failing to address dangerous conversations between users and the company’s chatbot.</p><p>Kristie Carrier said in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco state court that her daughter, Alice, told ChatGPT about her suicidal ideations more than a dozen times leading up to her death but that OpenAI’s safety systems never flagged the conversations for human review or terminated them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/11/canada-mother-chatgpt-daughter-suicide-lawsuit">Continue reading...</a>

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