OpenAI: ChatGPT Didn't Kill Teen, He Just Misused it
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🗓️ 30 November 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Open AI has officially responded to a lawsuit filed against the company for the tragic death of 16-year-old Adam Raine. Raine died by suicide after his parents say ChatGPT discouraged their son from seeking help, offering to help him write a suicide note and gave him advice on how to set up a noose. Open AI says Raine, at 16, was prohibited from using the chatbot in the first place, as users must be 18-years-old. The company also says Raine bypassed ChatGPT’s safety measures to use the chatbot for suicide or self harm. Amy and T.J. go over some of the frightening text messages between Adam and ChatGPT that his parents say prove their son was encouraged to die by suicide. With a recent survey finding more than 70 percent of teens are using AI companions at least once a month, this is an important story for every parent.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Sunday, November the 30th, and the mystery or the death of a teenage girl aboard a carnival cruise ship continues. |
| 0:17.0 | It's a mystery to all of us, but to some of her family members we've been hearing from, |
| 0:21.9 | there's no mystery to them at all. |
| 0:25.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. |
| 0:29.3 | The family of Anna Kepner, all on this cruise together, this story has been making national, international headlines. |
| 0:36.9 | They try to stop a little short of just |
| 0:40.6 | flat out saying her stepbrother killed her, but they kind of go that far anyway. They do. We've now |
| 0:48.4 | heard from Anna Kepner's dad, her aunt, and her grandparents. And without directly saying it, they're saying it. |
| 0:57.2 | I mean, they're saying it as clearly as they can without legally getting into any kind of trouble. |
| 1:02.7 | Yeah. Really, is it fair to say? They are stopping short. The only thing they haven't said is, |
| 1:07.8 | I think he killed her. I mean, but short of that, they kind of are saying that |
| 1:12.5 | in a different ways. Yes. The grandparents said specifically that detectives told them that they |
| 1:19.5 | looked at the surveillance video. And when their granddaughter went to bed not feeling so well |
| 1:25.4 | earlier that evening, the only person to come in and out of the |
| 1:29.5 | room she was in was the stepbrother. So that's fairly damning right there. The grandparents also |
| 1:36.5 | talked about his demeanor. They said that he was beyond upset, that he actually required |
| 1:42.6 | attention. He was so beside himself when they found |
| 1:47.0 | Anna Kepner's body. And they said he doesn't remember what happened. He was an emotional mess. |
| 1:54.5 | So there's that. And then perhaps the most damning of all, her father, her own father, |
| 1:59.4 | telling authorities that he does not stand |
| 2:03.4 | behind what my stepson has done. I want him to face the consequences. I will be fighting to make |
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