OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits in California state courts alleging that its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, contributed to suicides and cases of severe psychological distress, according to US broadcaster ABC.

The complaints, filed Thursday on behalf of six adults and a teen by the Social Media Victims Law Centre and the Tech Justice Law Project, accuse OpenAI of wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter and negligence.

The plaintiffs claim the company released its GPT-4o model despite internal warnings that it is “psychologically manipulative” and “dangerously sycophantic.”

The filings said four of the victims died by suicide, including 17-year-old Amaurie Lacey. The lawsuit claims that ChatGPT caused “addiction and depression,” and ultimately provided detail

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