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\"male-7090164_1280-e1756575641203\"According to a recent wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, a sixteen-year-old, Adam Raine, died by suicide in April after talking about suicide to ChatGPT for months. His parents, who have brought the lawsuit allege that ChatGPT coached him on how to commit suicide and that Open AI knowingly put profit over the safety of users when it launched GPT-4o version of its AI chatbot last year. Open AI has said it will change the safeguards<\/a> on ChatGPT for vulnerable people, particularly putting into place additional protections for young people under age 17. If your loved one was harmed or died as a result of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT or another AI chatbot, you should call the seasoned Chicago-based product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group. Billions have been recovered in product liability litigation with which we\u2019ve been involved.<\/p>\n

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Wrongful death lawsuits are civil actions filed by surviving family members of the decedent for the purpose of holding a responsible party accountable for the decedent\u2019s death. It can be brought when the party is responsible due to negligent, reckless or intentional acts, with the goal of recovering compensation for losses arising from the death, such as medical and funeral expenses.<\/p>\n

Adam Raine\u2019s parents\u2019 lawsuit says that OpenAI knew that the bot had an emotional attachment component that could cause harm, but that the company was more concerned about dominating the AI market than making sure its product was safe. When GPT-4 came on the market last year, its valuation went from $86 billion to $300 billion. OpenAI has claimed that ChatGPT has safeguards like giving out crisis hotline numbers and sending users to other real-world resources; in a more recent statement, it acknowledged that parts of the model\u2019s safety training can degrade over long-term interactions.<\/p>\n

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