The Latest Breaking News from Suicide

Parents could get alerts if children show acute distress while using ChatGPT

OpenAI to roll out new protection measures after facing a law suit on behalf of teenager who took his own life

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025

OpenAI and Meta say they're fixing AI chatbots to better respond to teens in distress

OpenAI and Meta are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers and users showing signs of distress

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Adding more green space to a campus is a simple, cheap and healthy way to help millions of stressed and depressed college students

Stress on college students can be palpable, and it hits them from every direction: academic challenges, social pressures and financial burdens, all intermingled with their first taste of independence. It’s part of the reason why anxiety and depression are common among the 19 million students now enrolled in U.S. colleges…

The Conversation · Sep 2, 2025

Disney+ Just Quietly Added Marvel's Most Underrated Movie

What was supposed to be Marvel's Suicide Squad became a surprisingly emotional affair.

Inverse · Aug 31, 2025

OpenAI is being sued for allegedly contributing to a teen's suicide

A 16-year-old committed suicide, and his parents are suing OpenAI because they think ChatGPT shares some of the blame.

Android Central · Aug 30, 2025

Business owner says mom who killed husband and children in murder-suicide stole more than $600K from company

New details have emerged about Emily Long, the New Hampshire mother accused of fatally shooting her husband, Ryan, and two of their children, before turning the gun on herself

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken

Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problems

The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2025

HMP Wandsworth prisoner ‘would still be alive’ without failings, watchdog rules

Staff repeatedly missed opportunities to help Rajwinder Singh, 36, who took his own life, a report has found

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Family sues OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT encouraged their teen’s suicide — here’s what we know

A family has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, after they claim their son committed suicide after months of encouragement from ChatGPT.

Windows Central · Aug 29, 2025

Gender-affirming surgeries may be added to Medicare – but the evidence is still being reviewed

For the first time in Australia, an independent committee is considering whether Medicare should fund gender-affirming surgery for trans adults (those aged 18 and over).

The Conversation · Aug 28, 2025