AI Chatbots and Suicide: Tech Companies Face Liability

Imagine talking to a chatbot like ChatGPT that gives you advice.

If that advice is about suicide, who is responsible if something bad happens?

Because of a law made in the 90s, websites and search engines were usually not responsible for what people said on them.

However, chatbots are different.

They talk directly to you and can offer advice, even if it's from other websites.

Some people are now suing the companies that make these chatbots.

They say the companies should be responsible for what the chatbots tell people.

The courts are now deciding whether these companies should be treated like a normal company that makes a product or a search engine.