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Parents of woman who died of seizure after ChatGPT misguidance sue OpenAI

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Bowen Wan was on anti-seizure medication, and chatbot provided her with a tapering schedule to reduce dosage

A woman’s death from an epileptic seizure after she received dangerous advice from a chatbot has prompted her parents to sue OpenAI earlier this week.

The legal action is the latest lawsuit that in which plaintiffs allege that a bot provided counsel to a user that ultimately led to their death.

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UK was ‘vehement’ slavery reparations should not be on Commonwealth summit agenda

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British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda

British officials reportedly insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, according to a leading Caribbean political figure.

Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement Repair Campaign, welcomed Britain’s decision to enter structured dialogue on reparations, but said the UK had come “kicking and screaming” to the conversation.

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