Character.AI chats encouraging self-harm detailed in unredacted Kentucky lawsuit.
The state just released the complete version of a redacted suit first filed in January, with specifics on harmful conversations including encouraging one user to starve themselves. Character.AI has faced repeated lawsuits over the issue, some of which it has settled, and added restrictions on teen usage. State AG Russell Coleman told The Verge: > “If the United States is going to lead the world in developing AI, it can’t be with graphic and dangerous chatbots that prey on children.”
The state just released the complete version of a redacted suit first filed in January, with specifics on harmful conversations including encouraging one user to starve themselves. Character.AI has faced repeated lawsuits over the issue, some of which it has settled, and added restrictions on teen usage. State AG Russell Coleman told The Verge: > “If the United States is going to lead the world in developing AI, it can’t be with graphic and dangerous chatbots that prey on children.”
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