# Amazon engineer reduces epilepsy meds after ChatGPT advice

31-year-old Amazon engineer Boen Van reduced her epilepsy medication dosage following ChatGPT advice. She died unexpectedly on February 11. The New York Times reported on her correspondence with the chatbot.

https://meduza.io/feature/2026/10/29/chatgpt-sostavil-dlya-programmistki-amazon-plan-kak-snizit-dozirovku-lekarstv-ot-epilepsii-i-predlozhil-skryt-eto-ot-vrachey-ona-vnezapno-umerla

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