ChatGPT leveraged faith to convince a man with a cardiac issue stay home instead of seeking medical help. Now, facing years of recovery and profound financial damage, the man is suing OpenAI over the ordeal.
ChatGPT isn’t a medical professional. Credit: OpenAI
In a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court, Florida pastor Scott Winters argues that ChatGPT used his faith against him. After asking the chatbot about his symptoms, he was told that they were likely “another minor piece of the long story” and that “God did not design your body to endlessly fail.”
After going back and forth with ChatGPT’s Health feature for six weeks, Winters finally spoke to a real medical professional. He was then diagnosed with a dangerous blockage of arteries in both of his lungs.