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ChatGPT-4o Allegedly Discouraged Florida Pastor From Seeking Care Before Pulmonary Embolism
- Occurred
- Jul 13, 2025
- Published
- Jul 22, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Florida pastor Scott Winters was allegedly told by ChatGPT-4o that his worsening dizziness and pain had less serious causes, while the chatbot recommended home management and immobility and discouraged him from seeking hospital treatment. Winters was reportedly hospitalized on July 13, 2025, with a massive bilateral pulmonary embolism. The suit alleges that delayed treatment and prolonged inactivity contributed to his life-threatening condition and lasting harms.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Chatbot developers
- Large language model developers
Deployers
- OpenAI
- Chatbot developers
- Large language model developers
Harmed parties
- Scott Winters
- ChatGPT users
- Chatbot users
- People seeking medical advice
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Chatbot provided dangerous medical advice leading to life-threatening harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8