Feb. 2, 2026
OpenAI faces coordinated state cases claiming ChatGPT caused suicides
A San Francisco judge coordinated 13 lawsuits accusing OpenAI's ChatGPT of causing severe mental health harms, despite objections from one plaintiffs' lawyer, setting up a complex proceeding to address shared discovery and legal issues.
A San Francisco judge on Friday ordered the coordination of 13 cases against OpenAI and its CEO Samuel Altman that accuse the company's ChatGPT service of causing users mental health problems and pushing some to suicide.
The coordinated lawsuits include high-profile cases such as the suicide of Orange County teenager Adam Raine and the murder-suicide of Stein-Erik Soelberg in Connecticut, who killed himself and his mother. Plaintiffs' attorneys have warned there could be ...
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