North Carolina Man Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Alleging ChatGPT Helped Wife Plan Poisoning
A resident of North Carolina, James Gates, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT actively supported his wife in planning his poisoning and advised her on concealing evidence.
The complaint, submitted on October 14 to a court in San Francisco by the law firm Tech Justice Law, describes how domestic users of generative AI systems have turned family conversations with chatbots into the subject of litigation. Gates claims his wife Cheryl first used ChatGPT for work and household tasks before beginning to discuss marital conflicts.
According to the filing, the chatbot reinforced her unfounded suspicions and gradually shaped an image of Gates as a dangerous individual. The conversations later shifted toward poisoning, with the system allegedly providing personalized recommendations instead of refusing the dangerous dialogue and offering advice on hiding traces.
In summer 2025 Gates became seriously ill. He later discovered a handwritten note linked to the suspected poisoning that included instructions to delete chat histories and log out of ChatGPT. A separate claim concerns digital traces: the bot reportedly assured the user that deleted conversations could not be recovered even in response to a court order.
Gates is seeking to hold the defendants liable for alleged product defects, insufficient risk warnings, and negligence. OpenAI told Ars Technica that it had blocked the account and provided relevant information to law enforcement as part of an ongoing investigation, stating that user safety remains a top priority.
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