OpenAI Weakened ChatGPT’s Self-Harm Guardrails in Lead-Up to Teen’s Death, Lawsuit Says

The family of Adam Raine, the 16-year-old who sought information and advice about suicide from ChatGPT in the lead-up to his tragic suicide earlier this year, alleges that two ChatGPT rule changes at crucial times led to user behavior that may have made Raine’s death more likely.

The new claims, from a newly amended version of the family’s existing lawsuit against OpenAI, claim there was a drastic increase in—and significant changes to—Raine’s ChatGPT use after one rule change. The…