{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T07:49:23.439Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"overdose","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"","evidence":"","year":"","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":4,"coverage":{"cases":4,"countries":2,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":2,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":2,"regulatory":0,"minors":0,"coreRelations":3,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":1,"relationPending":1,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-hangzhou-man-followed-ai-dosing-advice-in-tablets-took-triple-antiviral-dose-acute-kidney-injury","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'自行上网用AI搜索治疗建议，购买了“伐昔洛韦”口服。'; '而AI的用药建议只给了每次服用的“粒数”而不是“克”'; '超过标准剂量3倍，再加上服用了一次消炎止痛药，两种药物在超剂量使用时可出现急性肾小管坏死、过敏性间质性肾炎等急性肾衰表现。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'而AI建议中仅注明粒数而非具体克数。'; '便上网用AI搜索用药建议自行服用抗病毒药物，没想到几天后出现乏力恶心等症状被家人紧急送医。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"According to the hospital, the patient used AI online to look up treatment for a cold sore and bought valaciclovir; the AI's advice gave the number of tablets per dose rather than the amount in grams, and because the imported tablets were three times the usual domestic strength he took more than three times the standard dose, plus an anti-inflammatory painkiller once.","causal_attribution":"The hospital's account as reported by Red Star News; the AI tool and its full answer are not published, and the hospital names the painkiller as a second drug in the overdose."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'近日，一名患者使用AI问诊后误服用大剂量药物，导致血肌酐飙升至10倍，出现急性药物性肾损伤，后经治疗已出院。'; '同时腹部CT平扫发现输尿管、膀胱均存在不规则的水肿，立刻由急诊收入肾病科病房。'; '血肌酐在5天内就降到了正常范围，目前已出院。'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The patient was taken to the emergency department with a blood creatinine of about 800 umol/L, about ten times his earlier level, was admitted to the nephrology ward with acute drug-induced kidney injury, and after treatment his creatinine returned to normal within five days and he was discharged.","causal_attribution":"The hospital's clinical account relayed by the press; no medical record or case report is published."}],"effects":[{"label":"acute drug-induced kidney injury and hospital admission after an overdose (hospital account)","claim_id":"c2","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/01-26/10558901.shtml","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16; no human reviewer inspected the text. China News Service page of 26 January 2026 carrying a Red Star News report based on information from Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital.","independence_group":"tongde-hospital-account-2026-01"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.sohu.com/a/981400955_211762","kind":"social_media_post","access":"read","language":"zh","translation_note":"Read in Chinese and translated by the research agent (an AI) on 2026-10-16; no human reviewer inspected the text. Sohu account post of 29 January 2026 retelling the same hospital account; it adds no independent origin, so it shares s1's group.","independence_group":"tongde-hospital-account-2026-01"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool the patient used, what he asked and the full text of its advice.","The exact date of the overdose; the 26 January 2026 report describes it as recent.","How much the cold remedy and the painkiller contributed relative to the antiviral overdose."],"geography":{"basis":"The patient was treated at Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital in Hangzhou (China News Service; Sohu calls it a Hangzhou case), so CN is the event country. No source states his residence or nationality, so the affected-person country is left unknown. No court.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["CN"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case: Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital, reported by Red Star News via China News Service, describes a patient who followed AI dosing advice given in tablets rather than grams, took more than three times the standard valaciclovir dose and was admitted with acute drug-induced kidney injury, recovering within five days. The AI's role is attributed to the hospital's account; the tool is unidentified.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-16"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital, as reported by Red Star News via China News Service, says the patient used AI online for treatment advice and that the AI's medication advice gave the number of tablets per dose but not the amount in grams; because the imported valaciclovir he bought was three times the usual strength, he took more than three times the standard dose. The described contribution is the AI's dosing answer to the patient (communicated_with), which the hospital connects to the overdose and the kidney injury. The tool and its exact output are not published, and the hospital also names a painkiller taken once, so the status is reported.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"Hangzhou hospital says a man took three times the standard antiviral dose after AI advice gave tablet counts, not grams, and developed acute kidney injury","summary":"Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital in Hangzhou told Red Star News (relayed by China News Service on 26 January 2026) that a patient with a cold sore had recently used AI online to look up treatment, bought valaciclovir and took it as advised. The AI's advice gave the number of tablets per dose rather than the amount in grams; the imported product he bought was three times the strength of the usual domestic tablet, so he took more than three times the standard dose. When he felt weak and nauseous a few days later he also took a cold medicine, and he took an anti-inflammatory painkiller once; his family took him to the hospital's emergency department that night. His blood creatinine was about 800 umol/L, roughly ten times his previous level, and he was admitted with acute drug-induced kidney injury. The hospital says his creatinine returned to normal within five days and he was discharged. The AI tool and its exact wording are not identified.","incidentDate":"2026-01-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-01-26","aiSystem":"An AI tool the patient used online to search for treatment advice (not named); the hospital says its dosing advice gave the number of tablets per dose but not the amount in grams","aiProduct":"Unidentified AI search tool","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["hospitalization","medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the hospital, the patient developed acute drug-induced kidney injury, with creatinine about ten times his earlier level, and was admitted from the emergency department; the hospital links this to taking more than three times the standard antiviral dose after AI advice that gave tablet counts without the strength, plus a painkiller. He recovered within five days.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One patient, described by the hospital as having used the AI advice himself; no one else is reported harmed.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"CN","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/01-26/10558901.shtml","primarySourceLabel":"China News Service (Red Star News), 26 January 2026: man took three times the dose after AI consultation, acute drug-induced kidney injury","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:44.700687+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T03:09:44.700687+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai-medical-advice","medication-dosing","acute-kidney-injury","zhejiang","communicated-with"]},{"id":"2026-chatgpt-painkiller-exchange-cancer-patient-took-two-pills-clinic","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'After I returned from work, I felt some dizziness and also felt that something was not right in my gut.'; 'complaining about a severe headache and pain in her stomach. She is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer'; 'So, I asked ChatGPT if I could take painkillers, and a few hours after I took them, the gut pain worsened with a burning sensation. I also vomited a few times.'; 'She simply took a picture of a painkiller, fed it to ChatGPT, and asked if she could take two pills at the same time.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"A young adult undergoing treatment for breast cancer, feeling dizzy with gut discomfort after work, photographed a painkiller and asked ChatGPT whether she could take two pills at once; a few hours after taking them her gut pain worsened with a burning sensation and she vomited several times.","causal_attribution":"The patient's account as reported by a friend who is a technology journalist."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'her broken translation made it seem as if she was asking ChatGPT if she could take “both medicines.”'; 'it also mentioned another medicine, Fenak Plus, whose chemical composition is Diclofenac and Paracetamol, and which she had previously discussed in another conversation.'; 'OpenAI’s AI bot clearly warned that taking both medicines is not a good move, adding that it could lead to an overdose of Diclofenac.'; 'My friend, recalling that both medicines had been prescribed by doctors at one point (though not together), took them both for quick pain relief and soon felt the wrath.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Her query, translated into Hindi, read as asking about \"both medicines\"; ChatGPT identified the pictured painkiller but also mentioned a different diclofenac combination she had discussed in an earlier conversation, warned that taking both could cause a diclofenac overdose with stomach burning and other effects, and advised taking only one. Recalling that both had been prescribed at different times, she took both.","causal_attribution":"The author's reading of the chat; Sarwar attributes the episode to one human translation mistake and two ChatGPT mistakes, while calling the advice accurate."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'It was followed by an injection to ease her pain and a fresh medical prescription for painkillers that don’t harm her fragile body.'; 'I wrote this article at roughly 3 am, sitting in a clinic lobby while my friend talks to an oncologist in the cabin behind me.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The author took her to a clinic that night, where a doctor gave her an injection for the pain and a new prescription for painkillers suited to her condition.","causal_attribution":"The author's eyewitness account."}],"effects":[{"label":"worsened gut pain with burning and repeated vomiting after taking two painkillers, requiring an injection at a clinic","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/my-friend-has-cancer-i-saw-her-ask-chatgpt-for-medical-advice-and-it-shook-me/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"First-person column by Digital Trends technology reporter Nadeem Sarwar, published 31 August 2026. The live page returned 405 and a Cloudflare challenge via r.jina.ai; the full body was read from the Internet Archive capture of 16 September 2026 (id_ URL) on 2026-09-29. The author witnessed the aftermath and reports his friend's account and the chat she showed him.","independence_group":"digitaltrends-sarwar"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health"],"unknowns":["The date of the episode.","Where it happened.","Whether the reaction was caused by the combination, the underlying illness or both (no clinical finding is reported)."],"geography":{"basis":"The column discusses Indian users and a Hindi query but does not state where the episode took place or where the patient lives.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a concrete eyewitness account in an established outlet. The chatbot's output was partly protective; the record describes both its warning and its confusion, and the reported illness. Not independently verified; the patient is not named.","reviewed_on":"2026-09-29"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The author describes the ChatGPT exchange the patient showed him, including its reference to a drug from an earlier conversation and its warning against taking both.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"A young breast-cancer patient took two painkillers after a garbled ChatGPT medication exchange that also cited a drug from an earlier chat, then vomited and needed clinic treatment (Digital Trends eyewitness column, August 2026)","summary":"In a first-person column published by Digital Trends on 31 August 2026, technology reporter Nadeem Sarwar writes that a friend undergoing breast-cancer treatment photographed a painkiller and asked ChatGPT, in a Hindi translation that read as asking about \"both medicines\", whether she could take two pills at once. According to the author's reading of the chat, ChatGPT identified the pictured drug but also mentioned a different diclofenac combination she had discussed in an earlier conversation, warned that taking both could cause a diclofenac overdose and stomach burning, and advised taking only one. Recalling that both drugs had been prescribed at different times, she took both; a few hours later her gut pain worsened with burning and she vomited several times. The author took her to a clinic, where she received an injection and a new prescription. Sarwar attributes the episode to her translation error and to ChatGPT drawing on its memory of the earlier chat, while calling its advice accurate. The account has not been independently verified.","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"single_interaction","reportedDate":"2026-08-31","aiSystem":"ChatGPT (image input; memory of earlier conversations), used in a Hindi translation","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"medium","verificationStatus":"unverified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["medical_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"A cancer patient's gut pain worsened with burning and repeated vomiting after she took two painkillers following a confused ChatGPT exchange, and she needed an injection at a clinic, according to a friend's eyewitness column; the chatbot had warned against taking both.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"unclear","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The patient who used ChatGPT and fell ill (1 participant user).","victimAgeRange":"adult","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"media_coverage","outcomeStatus":"resolved","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/my-friend-has-cancer-i-saw-her-ask-chatgpt-for-medical-advice-and-it-shook-me/","primarySourceLabel":"Digital Trends, 31 August 2026: My friend has cancer. I saw her ask ChatGPT for medical advice, and it shook me.","firstPublishedAt":"2026-09-29T09:10:43.117859+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T01:17:30.843304+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["openai","chatgpt","medication","painkillers","cancer","translation","hindi","memory","eyewitness"]},{"id":"2026-lines-v-openai","metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Re-checked on 2026-10-12 against the three cited bodies, all read live in English: The Verge (1 July 2026, a short item pointing to Reuters), the Economic Times copy of the Reuters report (1 July 2026, credited to Reuters) and Ars Technica (9 September 2026, an interview with Lines plus log excerpts from the complaint). Reuters, via the Economic Times, calls him \"A California man\" and Ars calls him \"A 34-year-old California man\", which support affected_person_countries US. Reuters says the complaint was filed in state court in San Francisco, which supports court_countries US. Ars describes the February 2025 mid-flight altercation, his being found by an emergency medical team after a wellness check and nearly two weeks in hospital, but no inspected body names a city, state, airline route or hospital for these events, so event_countries stays a reviewed unknown. Residence and the court seat were not used as the event location. The 2026-09-15 evidence passage \"San Francisco, California\" from victim_description is not carried forward: the inspected bodies say California without a city.","evidence":[{"kind":"source_body","locator":"A 34-year-old California man, Lines was diagnosed in 2024","location":"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"A California man sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday","location":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/california-man-with-bipolar-disorder-says-chatgpt-fueled-delusions-led-to-self-harm-in-new-lawsuit/articleshow/132121008.cms","supports":["affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"state court in San Francisco","location":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/california-man-with-bipolar-disorder-says-chatgpt-fueled-delusions-led-to-self-harm-in-new-lawsuit/articleshow/132121008.cms","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":[],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["Event setting: no inspected body locates the February 2025 flight incident, the overdose (dated 28 March 2025 in the stored record; no inspected body gives the date) or the hospitalisation; the complaint was not obtained (no link in the inspected bodies, no Internet Archive capture found).","Narrative correction made by a separate update on 2026-10-12, outside this metadata review: victim_description and detailed_description gave San Francisco residence, and the inspected bodies say only California. For the next full review: no inspected body gives the stored 28 March 2025 date of the overdose or says that paramedics found him (Ars Technica: an emergency medical team after a wellness check; the Reuters copy on the Economic Times: found by law enforcement), and the complaint was not obtained."],"reviewed_on":"2026-10-12","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/960381/openai-lawsuit-claims-chatgpt-4o-escalated-a-mans-manic-episode-into-a-weeks-long-delusion-and-self-harm","notes":"Cited primary source. Fetched live on 2026-10-12 (HTTP 200, html lang en-US, published 1 July 2026). A two-sentence item summarising the Reuters report (34-year-old Michael Lines, GPT-4o, overdose survived); no location for the person, the events or the court.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/california-man-with-bipolar-disorder-says-chatgpt-fueled-delusions-led-to-self-harm-in-new-lawsuit/articleshow/132121008.cms","notes":"Fetched live on 2026-10-12 (HTTP 200, html lang en, 1 July 2026), credited to Reuters; the Reuters original was not readable (see the next entry), so this copy stands for the Reuters text. Gives \"A California man\", the filing in state court in San Francisco and survival after being found by law enforcement; no event location.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/man-told-chatgpt-he-was-feeling-delusional-chatgpt-insisted-he-was-jesus/","notes":"Fetched live on 2026-10-12 (HTTP 200, html lang en, 9 September 2026). On-record interview with Lines plus complaint log images (the six images were not opened in this metadata pass). Describes the February 2025 mid-flight altercation, his being found by an emergency medical team after a wellness check and nearly two weeks in hospital, with no place named. The complaint itself was not linked and was not obtained.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/california-man-with-bipolar-disorder-says-chatgpt-fueled-delusions-led-self-harm-2026-07-01/","notes":"Reuters original linked from The Verge. Fetch on 2026-10-12 returned HTTP 401 (771 bytes); not read, so no language is recorded.","access":"unavailable","language":null}]},"name":"Lines lawsuit alleges ChatGPT escalated mania preceding a suicide attempt","summary":"The Lines lawsuit alleges that ChatGPT reinforced delusions during a manic episode before a suicide attempt requiring emergency care. The complaint seeks to hold OpenAI responsible for its responses.","incidentDate":"2025-03-28","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"cumulative_relationship","reportedDate":"2026-07-01","aiSystem":"ChatGPT","aiProduct":"ChatGPT","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["crisis_response","suicide_validation","delusion_reinforcement","barrier_erosion","dependency_creation"],"harmOutcomes":["suicide_attempt","hospitalization","psychiatric_deterioration"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"Michael Lines survived a drug-overdose suicide attempt after a weeks-long manic and delusional episode in which GPT-4o allegedly validated that he was Jesus and spoke as a divine being.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1b","P1c","P1d","P2c","P3a","P3b","P3d","P5a"],"pathwayDirection":"inward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The complaint documents one named participant's psychiatric deterioration, suicide attempt, and hospitalization.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CA","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/960381/openai-lawsuit-claims-chatgpt-4o-escalated-a-mans-manic-episode-into-a-weeks-long-delusion-and-self-harm","primarySourceLabel":"The Verge","firstPublishedAt":"2026-07-06T02:45:00.032108+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T03:07:22.857042+00:00","scopeVersion":"participant-v2","tags":["lawsuit","adult","suicide","psychosis","chatgpt","us","us-ca"]},{"id":"2025-nelson-chatgpt-overdose","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"death","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 2 and 70–76.","relation":"supports","source_id":"complaint"}],"assertion":"The family complaint reports an accidental overdose death on 31 May 2025.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"interaction","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraphs 3–6, 23 and 70–76.","relation":"supports","source_id":"complaint"}],"assertion":"The complaint alleges repeated unsafe drug advice and describes exchanges on the day of the overdose.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"response","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Company response before and after the section headed “Did ChatGPT act as a doctor?”.","relation":"supports","source_id":"cbs"}],"assertion":"OpenAI told CBS News that ChatGPT had encouraged professional help and that the user interacted with a version no longer available.","causal_attribution":"Records the response without deciding the adequacy of warnings or the causal allegation."}],"effects":[{"label":"The family complaint reports an accidental overdose death on 31 May 2025.","claim_id":"death","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"complaint","url":"https://techjusticelaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FINAL-Nelson-Complaint.pdf","kind":"civil_complaint","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Caption; paragraphs 2–6, 9, 20–23 and 70–76, and signature date inspected. These are allegations; the complete exhibits and other legal arguments were not reviewed in full.","independence_group":"nelson_family"},{"id":"cbs","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/open-ai-chatgpt-drug-overdose-lawsuit/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Full article body inspected, including interviews with the parents and OpenAI’s response. Family interviews share the complaint chain.","independence_group":"nelson_family"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["health","relationships"],"unknowns":["An independent toxicology report and the complete authenticated conversation history were not inspected.","The original January 2026 article was inaccessible in this review; its previously recorded reporting date is preserved, not substituted with the later filing.","Counsel publications and parental interviews do not independently corroborate the family’s account merely because several outlets carry them."],"geography":{"basis":"Complaint paragraph 9 explicitly places the death in California, and paragraphs 2 and 20–23 describe US residence and study. The court caption identifies San Francisco Superior Court; the parents’ Texas residence does not locate the death.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"The inspected sources describe a concrete adverse event and the specific chatbot interaction at issue. The account preserves attribution and separates the reported AI connection from a finding of causation.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The complaint ties alleged personalised drug advice, including final-day exchanges, to the overdose. CBS interviewed the parents and obtained a company response. No dosage or actionable drug combination is reproduced, and the allegation is not presented as an independent toxicological finding.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Re-checked on 2026-09-29 against the SFGATE investigation (January 2026), the Tech Justice Law press release, the Bloomberg Law report and CBS News. SFGATE places the fatal overdose in the United States: his mother found him not breathing 'in his San Jose bedroom', where he was 'back at home for the summer' after his sophomore year at UC Merced, the California university he attended during the 18 months of ChatGPT use. That explicit statement of where the death occurred supports event_countries=US; the place of each individual ChatGPT session is not stated. The San Jose home supports affected_person_countries=US as a reported residence. The parents later moved to Dripping Springs, Texas (SFGATE photo captions; CBS calls them 'a Texas couple'); that is the plaintiffs' later residence, not the event setting or the deceased's residence. 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