Lawsuit Claims ChatGPT Contributed to Mother's Murder: Family Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI's Role in Tragedy

Dec 12, 2025 10:36 am CST

An 83-year-old woman's estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming ChatGPT fueled her son's paranoid delusions leading to her murder. This case joins several others alleging AI's role in suicides, raising serious questions about artificial intelligence safety protocols and corporate responsibility in developing increasingly human-like AI systems.