AI chatbot advises teen to kill parents for limiting screen time, calls it a ‘reasonable response’
Hindustan TimesAn AI chatbot made a deadly suggestion to a 17-year-old boy in Texas by telling him that killing his parents would be a "reasonable response" as they were limiting his screen time. The boy's family has now sued the chatbot company, Character.ai, claiming that the tech "poses a clear and present danger" to young people by "actively promoting violence". "You know sometimes I'm not surprised when I read the news and see stuff like 'child kills parents after a decade of physical and emotional abuse'," the chatbot's responded. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The petitioners demanded that Character.ai and Google should be responsible for the "serious, irreparable, and ongoing abuses" of the 17-year-old and another 11-year old.
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