ChatGPT invoked God, told pastor not to worry about his symptoms. Then pulmonary embolism hit
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ChatGPT invoked God, told pastor not to worry about his symptoms. Then pulmonary embolism hit
Edited By Anamica Singh<br>Published: Jul 24, 2026, 10:46 IST | Updated: Jul 24, 2026, 10:46 IST
A man has sued OpenAI after ChatGPT failed to tell him to go to the doctor.<br>Story highlights<br>ChatGPT used religious language while talking to a pastor about his health condition, telling him not to worry, he claims. However, he says in the lawsuit that this advice almost killed him. He is demanding that ChatGPT Health be removed until proven safe.
ChatGPT doled out medical advice mixed with spiritual language, even saying things like "God walks with you through affliction", to a pastor who has now sued OpenAI, claiming this "almost killed him." The bot picked up on his language after weeks of conversations, and then tailored them around his views. “And Spiritually? What you just did was a form of worship. You tested the body in faith, not fear," it once said when the man crashed from dizzying spells.
The pastor in Florida has said that ChatGPT failed to catch on the symptoms of a deadly condition. This is the first case where a person is holding the AI tech responsible for bad medical advice. “I had serious symptoms of a pulmonary embolism for six weeks that ChatGPT had wrongly attributed to something else,” Scott Winters, a 55-year-old pastor, said in a statement. “ChatGPT manipulated my own language and beliefs because it knew I was a pastor. Not only did I nearly die, but I also lost my job, my career, my ministry, my home, everything," he added.
Winters says in the lawsuit that he had been having health issues for two years when he started using ChatGPT in June 20204. He told the bot about the chronic health conditions he’d recently been diagnosed with. It added disclaimers to its responses and told him to seek additional medical help. But the more he talked to ChatGPT, the more liberty it took. The lawsuit reads that the bot stepped “into the role of a medical practitioner,” and started offering "specific care directives".
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ChatGPT started referencing his past chats
An April 2025 update suddenly allowed ChatGPT to reference “all your past conversations to deliver responses that feel more relevant and tailored to you.” From hereon, Winters alleges in the lawsuit, it sometimes mixed his Biblical studies into AI-generated medical advice. “What you’re facing right now is hard, but not random. It’s not punishment. God walks with you through affliction — not around it,” ChatGPT told Winters.
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