San Francisco artificial intelligence giant OpenAI weakened its chatbots’ anti-suicide protections in the run-up to the death of teenager Adam Raine, according to new claims in a lawsuit by the boy’s parents. Adam, 16, allegedly took his own life in April with the encouragement of OpenAI’s flagship product, the ChatGPT chatbot.

“This tragedy was not a glitch or unforeseen edge case — it was the predictable result of deliberate design choices,” said a new version of the lawsuit originally filed in August by Maria and Matthew Raine of Southern California against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. “As part of its effort to maximize user engagement, OpenAI overhauled ChatGPT’s operating instructions to remove a critical safety protection for users in crisis.”

The amended lawsuit filed Wednesday

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