OpenAI requested memorial attendee list in ChatGPT suicide lawsuit

OpenAI has reportedly asked the Raine family — whose 16-year-old son Adam Raine died by suicide after a long conversation with ChatGPT — for the full list of attendees from the teenager’s memorial, indicating the AI ​​firm may try to subpoena friends and family.

OpenAI also requested “all documents related to memorial services or events honoring the death, including but not limited to any videos or photographs taken or eulogies given”. Financial Times.

Speaking to the FT, Raine’s family lawyers described the request as “intentional harassment”.

The new information came as the Rain family updated its lawsuit against OpenAI on Wednesday. The family initially filed a wrongful death suit Lawsuit against OpenAI in August After a conversation with a chatbot about his mental health and suicidal ideation, their son complained that he was suicidal. The updated lawsuit claims that OpenAI cut GPT-4o’s May 2024 release by cutting back on security testing due to competitive pressure.

The lawsuit also claims that in February 2025, OpenAI undermined safeguards by removing suicide prevention from the “allowed content” list, instead advising only AI to “take care in risky situations.” The family argued that after the change, Adam’s use of ChatGPT increased from a few dozen daily chats, with 1.6% self-harming content in January, to 300 daily chats in April, the month he died, with 17% containing such content.

In a response to the amended lawsuit, OpenAI said: “Adolescent well-being is a top priority for us – minors deserve strong protections, especially at sensitive moments. Today we have safeguards in place, e.g. [directing to] Crisis hotlines, rerouting sensitive conversations into safer models, pushing for breaks during long sessions, and we continue to strengthen them.”

OpenAI recently started a roll out New security routing system and parental controls In ChatGPT. The routing system pushes more emotionally sensitive conversations to OpenAI’s new model, GPT-5, which doesn’t have the same cryptic tendencies as GPT-4o. And parental controls allow parents to receive safety alerts in limited situations where the teen is at risk of potential self-harm.

TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI and the Raine family’s attorney.