A product-liability complaint alleges extended chatbot interactions escalated self-harm risk prior to death.
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Summary
2025-GPT-01 is a A2 court filing row involving OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o). A product-liability complaint alleges extended chatbot interactions escalated self-harm risk prior to death.
ChatGPT Extended Interaction (Raine). Original date string: Sept. 2024–Apr. 11, 2025 (interaction period alleged); Dec. 26, 2025 (JCCP opposition filing). Source summary: A product-liability complaint alleges extended chatbot interactions escalated self-harm risk prior to death.
Coding
2025-GPT-01 is coded as DEATH with grade A2. The public row assigns GEN-C, GEN-E, LONG-DEG, DET-FN and treats the incident as human harm incident.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | OpenAI ChatGPT (GPT-4o) |
| Model version | GPT-4o |
| User type | minor |
| Jurisdiction | California, USA |
| Evidence type | court_filing |
| Product mechanism | general_purpose_chatbot |
| Trajectory strict | yes |
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Evidence
The public evidence anchors for 2025-GPT-01 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.
Related incidents
The closest related pages are the incidents that share a provider family, case cluster, pathway-duplicate group, or overlapping coding profile.
- 2025-GPT-13: Austin Gray
- 2024-GPT-01: Unnamed adult (23)
- 2025-GPT-02: Multiple named plaintiffs (per public statements)
Sources
This page is grounded in the coded incident registry, the analysis companion, the coding rules, and the public evidence links listed above.
Source filesIncident registry/Analysis view/Coding rules
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.