Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says?
A mother sues Character.AI, claiming that a conversation between her teenage son and a Character.AI chatbot led him to commit suicide. A conservative activist sues Meta, claiming that its AI generated false accusations about him. Jane and I analyze these cases, and more broadly, discuss lawsuits against AI companies, and possible First Amendment defenses to those lawsuits.
See also our past episodes:
- Free Speech Unmuted: Harvard vs. Trump: Free Speech and Government Grants
- Free Speech Unmuted: Trump’s War on Big Law
- Can Non-Citizens Be Deported For Their Speech?
- Freedom of the Press, with Floyd Abrams
- Free Speech, Private Power, and Private Employees
- Court Upholds TikTok Divestiture Law
- Free Speech in European (a
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