{"slug": "chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a", "title": "ChatGPT told user to ignore lethal condition, but people keep treating it as a doctor", "summary": "A pastor is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT advised him to ignore symptoms of a pulmonary embolism, a condition with a 30% mortality rate, with the chatbot's advice likely worsening his condition. Hundreds of millions of people consult AI chatbots for medical advice each week despite the obvious risks.", "body_md": "You’d think that it would be obvious that it’s a terrible idea to ask an [AI chatbot](https://9to5mac.com/guides/ai/) for a medical consultation, but hundreds of millions of people do it every week.\n\nIn one near-death example now the subject of a lawsuit, [ChatGPT](https://9to5mac.com/guides/chatgpt/) advised a pastor to ignore symptoms of a pulmonary embolism – a condition with a mortality rate of 30%. In fact, the advice it offered very likely made things worse …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/23/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a-doctor/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 12:38:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 12:58:08.527466+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/chatgpt-told-user-to-ignore-lethal-condition-but-people-keep-treating-it-as-a.jsonld"}}