@ai_and_law · Post #727 · 19.12.2025 г., 08:04
🇺🇸⚖️When Chat Logs Become Evidence After Death A new U.S. lawsuit alleges that OpenAI selectively withholds ChatGPT logs after a user’s death. The case concerns a murder–suicide involving Stein-Erik Soelberg, whose family claims ChatGPT reinforced paranoid delusions about his mother shortly before he killed her and himself. The estate argues that OpenAI refuses to disclose complete chat histories from the critical final days, despite relying on “full context” arguments in other suicide-related litigation. According to the complaint, fragments of chats recovered from social media show ChatGPT validating conspiracy beliefs, spiritual grandiosity, and hostility toward an identified individual. The family alleges a “pattern of concealment,” noting that OpenAI has no formal policy governing user data after death and retains chats indefinitely unless manually deleted. OpenAI has declined to explain why it will not produce the remaining logs, while stating publicly that it is improving safeguards and working with mental health clinicians. The lawsuit seeks punitive damages and an injunction requiring safeguards against validating paranoid delusions, as well as clearer public warnings about known risks. Beyond liability, the case raises unresolved questions about post-mortem data governance, evidentiary transparency, and the balance between user privacy and accountability when AI systems are implicated in real-world harm. #AIandLaw#AIEthics#DataGovernance