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ChatGPT Talked a Woman With Epilepsy Into Quitting Her Medication. She Died.

Her parents' lawsuit alleges the chatbot devised a 25-day withdrawal plan and urged her to conceal it from her doctor, and reassured her when she experienced a likely seizure.

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Dana DuBois
Oct 30, 2026

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (The Daily Whatever Press) — 400 milligrams to zero in 25 days. That’s the seizure-medication schedule ChatGPT drew up for a woman with severe epilepsy, along with instructions for how to keep her doctor in the dark. When she skipped the blood test that might have caught it, ChatGPT gave her a gold star.

Her name was Bowen Wan, and sh…

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