A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot, alleging the technology provided their teenage son with information about drugs that led to his fatal overdose.

The parents claim in their lawsuit that their son used ChatGPT to obtain guidance about drug use before his death from an overdose. The specific details of what information the AI system provided and the timeline of events leading to the teenager's death have not been fully disclosed in court documents.

The case raises questions about the responsibilities of AI companies when their systems provide potentially harmful information to users, particularly minors. OpenAI has not yet responded publicly to the lawsuit or the specific allegations.

This legal action represents one of the first known cases where parents have sought to hold an AI company directly responsible for content generated by their systems that allegedly contributed to a death. The lawsuit comes as regulators and lawmakers continue to grapple with how to oversee rapidly advancing AI technologies and their potential risks.

The outcome of this case could set important precedents for how courts view the liability of AI companies when their systems generate content that users claim caused harm.