Subj : Google shutters developer
To   : ROB MCCART
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Nov 09 2025 10:44 am

> Just today on the news they were talking about a family who is
> suing OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Sam Altman because apparently their
> 16 year old son was talking about how unhappy he was and said
> he was thinking about suicide, and the AI offered him different
> methods of killing himself and drafts of good suicide notes.

> That was in California, there was another 14 year old suicide
> in Florida, and they mentioned a third that maybe wasn't quite
> 'successful' but they are apparently all launching law suits..

I hope these suits are a success and cost the AI sites a lot of money.
IMHO, they are in such a hurry to be "the first to..." that they are not
putting nearly enough thought into public safety.

Maybe a few very costly lawsuits will teach them the error of their ways...
I doubt it, but one can hope.


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