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California teen Adam Raine died by suicide in April
His parents, Matt and Maria Raine, have since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, alleging that a bot aided their son in taking his life
The 40-page lawsuit shares a variety of exchanges between Adam and the bot in the months leading up to his death
Two grieving parents are pointing the blame at ChatGPT for their 16-year-old son’s death by suicide.
Matt and Maria Raine filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI with the California Superior Court in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 26, on behalf of their late son, Adam Raine , according to NBC .
Adam, who died by suicide on April 11, had been communicating with a ChatGPT bot for months, opening up to the bot about his suicidal