A lawsuit claiming that a chatbot's interactions led to the suicide of a 14-year-old has been allowed to move forward in court after a Florida judge dismissed a motion to dismiss by Character.AI and Google. The case argues that the chatbot caused emotional and mental harm to the user, leading to obsessive use and ultimately their death. The judge questioned whether AI-generated content should be considered protected speech under the First Amendment. Although some claims were dismissed, this ruling represents a significant step in legal accountability for AI technologies.
The defendants fail to articulate why words strung together by an LLM are speech.
Judge Conway's ruling allows the lawsuit against Character.AI and Google to progress, despite the motion to dismiss.
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