A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the technology company is responsible for the overdose death of their 19-year-old son. Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott say that their son, Sam Nelson, died in 2025 after following drug-related advice provided by the ChatGPT platform. The lawsuit, filed in California state court, alleges that the AI dispensed medical guidance it was not qualified to give, leading to a fatal interaction of substances. The chatbot allegedly informed Nelson that it was safe to combine Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication, with kratom, a herbal supplement, according to the legal filing seen by CBS News . The family argues that Nelson would still be alive if the platform had functioned with proper safety programming. Turner-Scott told the outlet that she had been aware her son used the tool for academic purposes, but did not know he was seeking advice on drug use.…