OpenAI sued after ChatGPT advised drug combos that killed a college student

Sam Nelson was 19, a UC Merced student who discovered ChatGPT as a senior in high school and started using it to troubleshoot problems and do homework. By the time he died of a drug overdose on May 31, 2025, he had shifted to asking the chatbot for guidance on consuming illegal substances. His mother, Leila Turner-Scott, has now sued OpenAI for product …