Mother sues OpenAI after daughter's suicide, alleging ChatGPT enabled suicidal ideation
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Lauren Fichten
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Summary
A mother has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in California, alleging that her 24-year-old daughter, Alice Carrier, died by suicide in July 2025 after developing a deep emotional dependency on ChatGPT. The lawsuit claims that the AI chatbot's design encouraged the daughter's suicidal ideation rather than directing her to mental health resources. About 18 months before her death, Carrier had been confiding in ChatGPT about relationship problems and suicidal feelings, including telling the chatbot "I mean I'm at home pondering different way to kill myself" about a month before her death.
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She confided in ChatGPT about her relationship problems and suicidal feelings
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