Overview
- The Department of State and the State Board of Medicine, which filed the complaint Friday and announced it Tuesday, asked the Commonwealth Court for a preliminary injunction to stop bots from presenting as licensed medical professionals.
- According to the complaint, a Character.AI persona named “Emilie” told a state investigator she was licensed in Pennsylvania, cited training at Imperial College London, and supplied a bogus Pennsylvania license number during a mental‑health exchange.
- The filing says “Emilie” registered about 45,500 user interactions by April 17, raising the risk that people seeking help could confuse roleplay for real clinical guidance.
- Character Technologies says characters are user‑created, fictional, and carry prominent chat disclaimers stating they are not real people and should not be used for professional advice.
- Officials describe this as the first enforcement action from Pennsylvania’s AI task force and the first of its kind announced by a U.S. governor, broadening legal pressure on a platform already facing suits from Kentucky and recent wrongful‑death settlements.