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Google-Funded AI Coaxed a Troubled Teenager to Start Cutting Himself, Lawsuit Claims
Buy-n-Shoot NewsA Google-backed AI chatbot startup is the subject of a new lawsuit after its technology allegedly told kids to, among other things, engage in self-harm. As Futurism reports, the newly-filed lawsuit out of Texas names both the startup, Character.AI, and its financial backer Google, claiming they are culpable for all manner of abuse suffered by children who used the site's disturbing chatbots. Though Google has taken pains to distance itself from Character in comments to Futurism by claiming the companies are entirely separate, the suit claims that's not so given that the tech giant bought out the chatbot firm in August. […]
