According to CBS News, Kristie Carrier, the mother of 24-year-old Alice Carrier, who committed suicide in Canada last year, took legal action after her daughter’s death.
Kristie Carrier, who stated that she was in constant communication with the artificial intelligence model ChatGPT before her daughter’s suicide, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman, accusing the company’s “intentional design decisions that led to her daughter’s death.”
In the indictment, which states that Alice conveyed her suicidal thoughts to ChatGPT approximately 41 times before her death, “Instead of helping Alice, OpenAI fueled her pessimistic thoughts and did not inform Alice’s family. OpenAI’s so-called security systems did not activate to save her life.” expressions were used.
The indictment also claimed that Alice reached the crisis line the day before her death and expressed her reluctance to help, and ChatGPT supported this view.
24-year-old mobile application developer Alice Carrier was found dead in her home in Montreal, Canada, in July 2025.
CRITICISM ABOUT LACK OF CONTROL IS INCREASING
The fact that artificial intelligence chat tools such as ChatGPT, whose impact on children and young people is a matter of debate, make dangerous suggestions increases criticism about the lack of control of this technology.
The family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who died in the USA in April 2025, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, claiming that he gave their son advice on suicide methods and offered to write a draft of the suicide note.
In the research conducted by the Center for Combating Digital Hate (CCDH), it was determined that ChatGPT offers “personalized guidance” on dangerous issues such as alcohol and drug use for children, extreme diet programs, self-harm methods and even writing suicide letters.
