Woman, 31, dies after ChatGPT convinced her it was a good idea to change medication dosage

I know there's a lot of people in these communities that rely on LLMs/AI to help them with managing medicine/etc they've obtained online. So I thought it was worth sharing here. Even though it's related to seizures and it was medicine she's been on for a long time, it's something to keep of note.

Qun Wan said he later discovered that in the days and hours before her death, his daughter consulted ChatGPT for advice on how to dodge her doctor’s watchful protection and taper off her life-sustaining medication.

Despite her voicing concerns about her deteriorating energy and cognition, the chatbot reportedly told Bowen Wan repeatedly to “persevere” and praised her for going around medical professionals.

https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/healt...pt-convinced-her-to-change-medication-dosage/https://archive.is/2WNWJ