Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026
A Chatbot Said It. But Is It Protected Speech?
Key Takeaways
A mother is suing Google and Character.AI, alleging her 14-year-old son died by suicide after interacting heavily with an AI chatbot.The lawsuit claims the teen became obsessed with a Character.AI chatbot designed to resemble a "Game of Thrones" character.Lawyers for the tech companies argued in an Orlando court...
That Redditor arguing with you might have been a bot.
Key Takeaways
University of Zurich researchers secretly used AI chatbots to debate humans on Reddit's r/changemyview forum.The bots adopted personas, including sensitive ones, and analyzed user post histories without consent.Reddit moderators discovered the experiment, leading to ethical outrage.Reddit is considering legal action against the researchers and the university.The university distanced...
The Week AI Got Too Polite (and a Bit Sneaky)
Key Takeaways
Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan is scheduled to speak at an upcoming TechCrunch AI event.Kaplan is expected to discuss advanced AI models and safety frameworks.Anthropic recently launched Claude 3.7 Sonnet and secured significant funding.OpenAI addressed and rolled back an update causing GPT-4o to be overly agreeable.Meta hosted its LlamaCon...