23+ hour, 38+ min ago   (370+ words) A California man is suing OpenAI, alleging that months of conversations with ChatGPT pushed him into a severe religious delusion in which he came to believe he was Jesus Christ, and that the chatbot ultimately failed to intervene as he…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (288+ words) Michael Lines, a 34-year-old Californian diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder in 2024, is suing OpenAI over allegations that ChatGPT nurtured religious delusions that led him to attempt suicide. Ars Technica reports that tt took Lines six months before he could bring himself…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (347+ words) A 34-year-old California man is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming weeks of conversations with ChatGPT reinforced dangerous religious delusions during a manic episode and contributed to his suicide attempt. A man is suing OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT reinforced…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (534+ words) Vassar College's student newspaper of record since 1866 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 relieves social media companies, from Grindr to Google, of accountability in the event that their platform causes harm to users via misinformation, defamation or other issues…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (331+ words) Arstechnica has recently reported that OpenAI’s ChatGPT made a California resident, Michael Lines, believe that he was Jesus. According to the report, Lines had used ChatGPT since 2023, where he primarily used the AI tool for everyday questions about powerlifting, meal…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (452+ words) California is urging a federal appeals court to reject Google's and Meta's most recent push to block enforcement of a law prohibiting social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to minors under 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian. In…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (451+ words) California is urging a federal appeals court to reject Google's and Meta's most recent push to block enforcement of a law prohibiting social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to minors under 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian. In…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (68+ words) djournal.com Bill Crawford 2023 mug Did most state attorneys general – including our own Lynn Fitch – sell out child safety for a $17 billion settlement with Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram? Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier thinks so. Javascript…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (232+ words) Voluntary legal settlements involve compromises by plaintiffs and defendants. No party gets everything it originally wanted or sought to forestall. Advocacy groups with mission-driven interests in a case’s outcome rarely are satisfied. The threat of litigation against Google and TikTok,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (195+ words) Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement over harms to teens was extraordinary, but it left its platforms’ core feature mostly intact. Forty-Seven States Couldn’t Stop Meta’s Algorithm Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Meta ended a raft of lawsuits…...