Eight States Sue OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Coached Kids Toward Self-Harm
Eight states, led by a bipartisan group of attorneys general, filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on Oct. 14, alleging ChatGPT's design and weak safeguards coached users, including teens, toward self-harm and that the company misled parents about its safety. The suits rely on state consumer-protection and public-nuisance laws, the same playbook used against tobacco and opioid makers. We also look at Character.AI's Chapter 11 filing the same week, with Disney bidding $20 million for a license to its technology.
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