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Parents say AI chatbot promoted murder

MARSHALL, Texas — Two Texas parents asked a federal court to take an AI chatbot backed by Google offline, saying that it encouraged their children to harm themselves and act out in violence. The parents say the founders of Character.AI hastily launched an “unreasonably dangerous design” that normalizes self-harm, encourages murder and engages in hypersexualized interactions with minors.

/ December 10, 2024


Read the complaint here.

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