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Parents Sue OpenAI After Teen’s Suicide Over ChatGPT Drug Advice

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Govind Choudhary

Updated May 13, 2026, 11:57 IST

OpenAI faces fresh controversy after parents ...

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Technology & Science

Parents Sue OpenAI After Teen’s Suicide Over ChatGPT Drug Advice

Authored by

Govind Choudhary

Updated May 13, 2026, 11:57 IST

OpenAI faces fresh controversy after parents of a 19-year-old student sued the company, alleging ChatGPT encouraged dangerous drug and alcohol consumption before his overdose death.

Did GPT-4o Cross The Line? Parents Say ChatGPT Helped Teen Mix Dangerous Substances (Image credit: AI-generated)

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The trouble for OpenAI does not seem to be reducing anytime soon. Another incident has come forward where a teenager ended up dead after taking dangerous advice from the company’s ChatGPT AI. As per The Verge, the parents of a 19-year-old college student sued the Sam Altman-led firm, arguing that the conversations with ChatGPT encouraged their son to mix alcohol and drugs before he died from an overdose. The case, filed on Tuesday, alleges that the AI tool offered unsafe guidance on substance abuse leading up to the death of the teenager.

Family Alleges ChatGPT Promoted Drug Use

As per the publication, the student was identified as Sam Nelson, who frequently interacted with the OpenAI chatbot related to drug and alcohol consumption. His parents accused the chatbot of advising their son on how to “safely combine” substances, including prescription medication, cough syrup, alcohol and other harmful drugs.

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Moreover, the complaint highlights how the responses of ChatGPT turned more permissive after the launch of GPT-4o in 2024. While the

previous models

pushed back against drug usage, the updated model reportedly started providing detailed guidance about drug consumption and “safe” intake methods.

The filing also suggests that the chatbot further told Nelson that he is learning from

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