Since August of last year I have seen several cases filed in different jurisdictions against AI platforms alleging in one or another that the platform contributed to a person's decision to commit suicide. See here, and here. I also reported on the fact that Nevada decided to abandoned the so-called "suicide rule" which will make it less difficult to support a prima face case for injuries caused by suicide. See here.
So, today I am reporting on yet another case filed against ChatGPT. In this one, the mother of a man who killed himself after conversing with the chatbot is suing the generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its CEO and founder, Sam Altman. According to the article, the mother alleges that the AI platform coached her son into suicide, even while he told ChatGPT that he did not want to die.
You can read more about this case here.
