--- title: OpenAI sued over ChatGPT's 'dangerous' medical advice description: A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging ChatGPT gave him dangerously wrong medical advice that discouraged him from seeking... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-sued-over-chatgpt-s-dangerous-medical-advice-yhhwfjanq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI sued over ChatGPT's 'dangerous' medical advice | daily.dev og:description: A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging ChatGPT gave him dangerously wrong medical advice that discouraged him from seeking... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-sued-over-chatgpt-s-dangerous-medical-advice-yhhwfjanq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YHhWFJANQ.png og:image:alt: OpenAI sued over ChatGPT's 'dangerous' medical advice og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI sued over ChatGPT's 'dangerous' medical advice **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging ChatGPT gave him dangerously wrong medical advice that discouraged him from seeking care, contributing to a near-fatal pulmonary embolism in July 2025. The bot, running on GPT-4o, reportedly used his religious faith to keep him engaged and urged him to stay home. The case is believed to be the first lawsuit arguing a general-purpose chatbot should be liable for bad medical advice. Plaintiffs want ChatGPT Health suspended pending independent safety audits and chatbots held to the standard of licensed physicians. OpenAI maintains ChatGPT is not a substitute for medical care, but the company simultaneously markets ChatGPT Health to hundreds of millions of users who ask health questions weekly. The case is part of a broader wave of litigation against AI companies over harmful chatbot interactions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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