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00:03OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman were sued in California State Court by the parents
00:07of a 19-year-old man who died from an accidental drug overdose
00:11after allegedly receiving drug guidance from ChatGPT, according to Reuters.
00:16The lawsuit said a 19-year-old man used the chatbot for guidance on substance use
00:21and received recommendations about combining substances.
00:25Nelson died in May 2025 after mixing a lethal dose of drugs and alcohol,
00:30according to the filing.
00:32The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and asks the court to pause the rollout of ChatGPT Health,
00:38a platform OpenAI announced in January.
00:40The lawsuit also accused OpenAI of rushing out ChatGPT 4.0
00:45without adequate safety testing to compete with rivals, including Google.
00:49OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri called the situation heartbreaking
00:53and said the interactions involved an older version of ChatGPT that is no longer available.
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