What Can We Do About Abusive Chatbots? With Meetali Jain and Camille Carlton

<p>CW: This episode features discussion of suicide and sexual abuse. </p><p>In the last episode, we had the journalist Laurie Segall on to talk about the tragic story of Sewell Setzer, a 14 year old boy who took his own life after months of abuse and manipulation by an AI companion from the company <a href=" ">Character.ai</a>. The question now is: what's next?</p><p>Megan has filed a major new lawsuit against <a href="">Character</a><a href=" ">.ai</a> in Florida, which could force the company–and potentially the entire AI industry–to change its harmful business practices. So today on the show, we have Meetali Jain, director of the Tech Justice Law Project and one of the lead lawyers in Megan's case against <a href=" ">Character.ai</a>. Meetali breaks down the details of the case, the complex legal questions under consideration, and how this could be the first step toward systemic change. Also joining is Camille Carlton, CHT’s Policy Director.</p><p><strong>RECOMMENDED MEDIA</strong><...