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Scott Winters turned to ChatGPT to explain his dizzy spells that once forced the Florida pastor to stop mid-sermon. Over time, the chatbot stopped recommending he see a doctor and instead told him his symptoms were \u201cnot something dangerous,\u201d even telling him to trust that \u201cGod did not design your body to endlessly fail.\u201d Winters spent weeks stuck in a recliner before he was hospitalized in July 2025 with a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, the New York Times reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n He\u2019s now suing OpenAI<\/a> and CEO Sam Altman<\/a> in San Francisco Superior Court, accusing the company of negligence and the \u201cunauthorized practice of medicine.\u201d It\u2019s reportedly the first lawsuit claiming a chatbot\u2019s health advice directly harmed someone seeking medical guidance.<\/p>\n The case lands just as OpenAI pushes deeper into health tools like ChatGPT Health<\/a>. An OpenAI spokesman said the chatbot isn\u2019t intended for diagnosis or treatment, but that the company takes health-related safety seriously. As AI increasingly stands in for medical advice, especially for people who can\u2019t easily see a doctor, the case raises real questions about who\u2019s liable when that advice goes wrong.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Scott Winters turned to ChatGPT to explain his dizzy spells that once forced the Florida pastor to stop mid-sermon. Over time, the chatbot stopped recommending he see a doctor and instead told him his symptoms were \u201cnot something dangerous,\u201d even telling him to trust that \u201cGod did not design your body to endlessly fail.\u201d Winters spent weeks stuck in a recliner before he was hospitalized in July 2025 with a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, the New York Times reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n He\u2019s now suing OpenAI<\/a> and CEO Sam Altman<\/a> in San Francisco Superior Court, accusing the company of negligence and the \u201cunauthorized practice of medicine.\u201d It\u2019s reportedly the first lawsuit claiming a chatbot\u2019s health advice directly harmed someone seeking medical guidance.<\/p>\n The case lands just as OpenAI pushes deeper into health tools like ChatGPT Health<\/a>. An OpenAI spokesman said the chatbot isn\u2019t intended for diagnosis or treatment, but that the company takes health-related safety seriously. As AI increasingly stands in for medical advice, especially for people who can\u2019t easily see a doctor, the case raises real questions about who\u2019s liable when that advice goes wrong.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n