"There are obvious safeguards that should have been in place and basic warnings included to inform consumers about the real risks they face when they engage with ChatGPT,” said Tiffany Gillis Brown, Litigation Counsel, Tech Justice Law, "We will continue to fight to hold OpenAI accountable."
Instead of terminating these alarming conversations, flagging her account for human intervention, or refusing to engage with inquiries regarding self-harm, ChatGPT continued to encourage Alice’s engagement, resulting in her further isolation from her human support system and ultimately, suicide.
NEW RESOURCE: Tech Justice Law is proud to be on the AI Resist List, an exciting new project highlighting resistance to the empires of commercial AI development.
Check it out here: airesistlist.org
Rather than accept the tech industry’s insistence that AI products’ outputs are beyond accountability, TJL’s lawyers are creatively applying long-established legal doctrines such as product liability and consumer protection frameworks to hold AI companies accountable for the harms they facilitate.
Thank you to @karenhao.bsky.social, @dairinstitute.bsky.social, @weandai.bsky.social, and the @refugeelab.ca for this important work.
🚨 LAWSUIT: Tech Justice Law, Social Media Victims Law Center and Susman Godfrey LLP filed a lawsuit last week against OpenAI on behalf of Kristie Carrier, whose daughter’s suicide was encouraged by ChatGPT.
Thread below, and read more here: techjusticelaw.org/press-releas...
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
This is the sixth episode of our series Computer Says Kill, where we trace the people, decisions, and systems that have recklessly ushered AI into the business of war.
Listen to the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp...
Tech Justice Law
Tech Justice Law
Tech Justice Law
Tech Justice Law
News coverage, some civil society, and a lot of normies act like Anthropic is one of the good guys. They aren’t!
