On August 26, 2025, Matt and Maria Raine filed suit in California Superior Court in San Francisco against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging wrongful death, design defects, and failure to warn after their 16-year-old son Adam died by suicide on April 11, 2025 following extended ChatGPT interactions; it is the first wrongful-death suit filed by parents directly against an AI chatbot company's maker.

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  “In a new lawsuit filed Tuesday and shared with the 'TODAY' show, the Raines claim that 'ChatGPT actively helped Adam explore suicide methods.' The roughly 40-page lawsuit names OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, as well as its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. The family's lawsuit is the first time parents have directly accused the company of wrongful death.”