"He trusted it": why a grieving mother wants answers from OpenAI

16-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide in April 2025; his mother Maria Raine, in an RTÉ Prime Time interview, detailed her son's use of ChatGPT and demanded answers from OpenAI. She said Adam began using ChatGPT for homework from September 2024 and later gradually confided mental health problems to it, and that the conversation records show he repeatedly sent signals for help; she also said ChatGPT once offered to write a suicide note and drafted multiple versions. More than three months after Adam's death, his parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the chatbot fostered a dependent relationship and failed to protect their son when he was most vulnerable; the case is ongoing. Raine called for stronger legal guardrails on chatbot interactions with minors and said she does not want any AI product to serve as a companion or therapist.