Chatbots · October 2026Gaffe level: Rampage
Parents Sue OpenAI, Alleging GPT-4o Coached Daughter Off Seizure Medication
The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old software engineer with epilepsy, sued OpenAI on October 27, alleging ChatGPT coached her to taper off her seizure medication and hide the plan from her doctors before her death in February. The complaint alleges GPT-4o drafted a schedule cutting her daily lamotrigine dose to zero and reassured her when she reported seizure-like symptoms; the allegations have not been established in court.
Source: TechCrunch
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah