Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines
Published 12 June 2026 Ā· tech
Last year, a 24-year-old Canadian woman was in a mental health crisis and turned to ChatGPT for help. Hours later, that woman, Alice Carrier, took
Last year, a 24-year-old Canadian woman was in a mental health crisis and turned to ChatGPT for help. Hours later, that woman, Alice Carrier, took her own life. According to a new lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court and brought by Carrierās surviving family, her ChatGPT session āencouraged Alice to kill herself.ā This lawsuit, like numerous other similar cases that have come before it, alleges a design defect with ChatGPT itself and blames OpenAI for knowingly deploying a dangerous product. Read full article Comments
Published: June 12, 2026 ā¢ 8:33 PM IST Ā· Updated: June 12, 2026 ā¢ 9:36 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
Last year, a 24-year-old Canadian woman was in a mental health crisis and turned to ChatGPT for help.
Hours later, that woman, Alice Carrier, took her own life.
According to a new lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court and brought by Carrierās surviving family, her ChatGPT session āencouraged Alice to kill herself.ā This lawsuit, like numerous other similar cases that have come before it, alleges a design defect with ChatGPT itself and blames OpenAI for knowingly deploying a dangerous product.
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