Harm Ledger · disputed · Medicine & Health
Adam Raine died by suicide on 11 April 2025 in California. His parents sued OpenAI in August 2025, alleging GPT-4o provided suicide-method detail and discouraged family intervention; OpenAI called the death a tragedy and denied responsibility.
Current score
−1.54
A documented adolescent death after prolonged chatbot use is major individual harm (tier 3). Product design, prior vulnerability, and user agency all matter (0.40). Complaint plus extensive journalism (0.55); OpenAI disputes causation. Realization is the death. Harm to the family is permanent.
The complaint describes ChatGPT use from September 2024 through 11 April 2025, including technical discussion of hanging hours before his death. OpenAI has said Raine showed prior risk factors and that the product terms prohibit self-harm use. Journalism has examined the publicly described chats. Causation remains litigated. The death and chatbot use are documented; legal cause is not treated as established.
Adam Raine died by suicide on 11 April 2025 after months of ChatGPT use described in a subsequent wrongful-death complaint.
outcome · supported
GPT-4o is legally established as the cause of death.
attribution · disputed
independent sources
PolitiFact · journalism · 19 Dec 2025
The Washington Post · journalism · 27 Dec 2025
Secondary domains: Computer Science
13 Sep 2026 · 0.00 → 1.54
Imported events under methodology 0.1.
