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Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy - Yahoo Finance

Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy  Yahoo Finance

Tier 3 Major HarmMethodology 0.2
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Current score

−0.83

10 base · Major Harm (tier 3 of 5, 10 pts)
× 0.7500 attribution · Critical contribution
× 0.5000 evidence · External expert evaluation
× 0.5500 realization · Experimentally validated
× 0.4000 durability · Temporary or quickly replaceable
Event-level product before credit split: 0.83

Ingest update: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source. Score remains provisional until review. Follow-up ingest: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source. Follow-up ingest: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source. Follow-up ingest: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source. Follow-up ingest: added a follow-up source. Follow-up ingest: added a follow-up source. Follow-up ingest: added a follow-up source.

What happened

Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy  Yahoo Finance Update (2026-10-28): OpenAI Advances Proactive Agents and AI Math Breakthroughs While Facing Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Medical Advice - AI Insider. OpenAI Advances Proactive Agents and AI Math Breakthroughs While Facing Lawsuit Over ChatGPT Medical Advice  AI Insider Update (2026-10-28): OpenAI is being sued over ChatGPT advice that allegedly led to an epilepsy patient's death - Quartz. OpenAI is being sued over ChatGPT advice that allegedly led to an epilepsy patient's death  Quartz Update (2026-10-28): Tech Bytes: OpenAI facing a wrongful death lawsuit - WDIO.com. Tech Bytes: OpenAI facing a wrongful death lawsuit  WDIO.com Update (2026-10-28): OpenAI sued over allegedly dangerous ChatGPT medication advice - MobiHealthNews. OpenAI sued over allegedly dangerous ChatGPT medication advice  MobiHealthNews Update (2026-10-29): Family files wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI - KING5.com. Family files wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI  KING5.com Update (2026-10-28): Epileptic woman dies after going to ChatGPT for medical advice; family files lawsuit against OpenAI - ABC10. Epileptic woman dies after going to ChatGPT for medical advice; family files lawsuit against OpenAI  ABC10 Update (2026-10-29): OpenAI lawsuit alleges ChatGPT medical advice led to death - Cybernews. OpenAI lawsuit alleges ChatGPT medical advice led to death  Cybernews

Model attribution

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−0.83

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Attribution 0.7500 · Credit share 100% · Unknown

Claims

  • Social Media Victims Law Center and The Schenk Law Firm File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against OpenAI Alleging ChatGPT’s Medical Advice Resulted in the Death of a Woman with Epilepsy - Yahoo Finance

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Revision history

  • 28 Oct 2026 · 0.00 → 0.25

    Auto-published from news ingest.

  • 28 Oct 2026 · 0.25 → 0.41

    Ingest update: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source.

  • 28 Oct 2026 · 0.41 → 0.58

    Ingest update: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source.

  • 28 Oct 2026 · 0.58 → 0.74

    Ingest update: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source.

  • 28 Oct 2026 · 0.74 → 0.83

    Ingest update: independent source raised evidence; added a follow-up source.

  • 29 Oct 2026 · 0.83 → 0.83

    Ingest update: added a follow-up source.

  • 29 Oct 2026 · 0.83 → 0.83

    Ingest update: added a follow-up source.

  • 29 Oct 2026 · 0.83 → 0.83

    Ingest update: added a follow-up source.

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