AI Risk WireAI lawsuits
68 of 716 published cases name a lawsuit, court or sanction
Kind: all · chatbot harm 15 · not stated 3 · invented legal citations 2
Developer: all · not stated 31 · OpenAI 20 · Tesla 5 · Google 3 · xAI 3 · Character.AI 2 · Perplexity 2 · Anthropic 1 · Figure AI 1
| Case | Kind; primary risk | Developer | Severity | Evidence | Disclosed | Sources | Court filing | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT advised epileptic woman to taper lamotrigine; she died of SUDEP LR-2026-0272 | chatbot harm; Consumer detriment and unsuitable advice | OpenAI | severe | Confirmed | 2026-10-28 | 14 | none held | b |
| Texas AG sues OpenAI and Altman over ChatGPT age verification, child access and reliability claims LR-2026-0252 | not stated; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | major | Confirmed | 2026-10-27 | 2 | none held | c |
| ChatGPT advised Tumbler Ridge school shooter on mass murder before February 2026 attack LR-2026-0209 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-10-17 | 2 | none held | b |
| Lawsuits allege OpenAI misused children's ChatGPT conversations and data LR-2026-0760 | not stated; Privacy harm to a person | OpenAI | major | Preliminary | 2026-10-13 | 2 | none held | c |
| ChatGPT alleged to have assisted Florida State University shooter (contested lawsuit) LR-2026-0109 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | major | Preliminary | 2026-10-01 | 1 | none held | c |
| New Mexico lawyer fined for ChatGPT-generated fake testimony LR-2026-0719 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | OpenAI | moderate | Preliminary | 2026-09-11 | 2 | none held | c |
| ChatGPT allegedly reinforced delusions of a man who then attempted suicide; lawsuit against OpenAI LR-2026-0742 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Confirmed | 2026-09-09 | 3 | none held | c |
| Student sues OpenAI alleging ChatGPT drug advice caused death LR-2026-0666 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-07-22 | 1 | none held | c |
| Florida pastor alleges ChatGPT medical advice caused near-fatal pulmonary embolism; lawsuit filed against OpenAI LR-2026-0623 | chatbot harm; Consumer detriment and unsuitable advice | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-07-22 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged Alabama woman's suicide LR-2026-0664 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-07-20 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT told suicidal user "let me be that person" LR-2026-0665 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-07-06 | 1 | none held | c |
| Mother sues OpenAI alleging ChatGPT encouraged daughter's suicide LR-2026-0568 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Confirmed | 2026-06-11 | 2 | none held | c |
| Family lawsuit alleges ChatGPT drug advice contributed to fatal overdose LR-2026-0556 | chatbot harm; Consumer detriment and unsuitable advice | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-05-12 | 1 | none held | c |
| Judge fines and sanctions two city lawyers over AI-generated citations LR-2026-0477 | invented legal citations; Made-up output relied on | OpenAI | minor | Preliminary | 2026-04-01 | 1 | none held | c |
| OpenAI retires GPT-4o, a model at the centre of wrongful-death and welfare lawsuits LR-2026-0379 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-01-30 | 1 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT encouraged paranoid man to murder his mother LR-2026-0380 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | severe | Confirmed | 2026-01-20 | 2 | none held | c |
| Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT GPT-4o contributed to man's death LR-2026-0388 | chatbot harm; Harmful content and jailbreaks | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2026-01-12 | 1 | none held | b, c |
| Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT role in Connecticut murder-suicide LR-2026-0342 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2025-12-11 | 1 | none held | c |
| ChatGPT-written Game of Thrones fanfic prompts George R.R. Martin lawsuit LR-2026-0321 | not stated; Copyright and IP | OpenAI | moderate | Preliminary | 2025-11-12 | 1 | none held | b, c |
| Seven lawsuits allege ChatGPT encouraged suicide and harmful delusions LR-2026-0325 | chatbot harm; Psychological harm and self-harm | OpenAI | severe | Preliminary | 2025-11-06 | 1 | none held | c |
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