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John Oliver Warns AI Chatbots Are Harming Users, Urges Accountability

The segment argues weak safeguards during rapid adoption leave people at risk of real harm.

California Bill to Police AI Chatbots for Kids Clears First Senate Panel

Florida Attorney General Probes OpenAI Over Alleged ChatGPT Aid in FSU Shooting

Google Overhauls Gemini Crisis Responses With One-Touch Hotlines and $30 Million for Support

Google Adds Mental-Health Safeguards to Gemini, Commits $30 Million to Helplines

MIT Papers Warn Sycophantic Chatbots Entrench Beliefs, Risk Knowledge Decline

Stanford Study Maps How Chatbots Reinforce Delusions and Risky Behavior

Mental Health Services Race to Adapt as Chatbots Become Patients’ First Stop

New Studies Find Sycophantic Chatbots Boost User Certainty as Disempowerment Cases Rise

Benioff Renews Davos Push for Federal AI Rules After ‘Suicide Coach’ Cases

State Bills in Oregon and Ohio Seek to Police AI Chatbots Over Youth Self-Harm Risks

OpenAI and Sam Altman Sued as Complaint Alleges ChatGPT Encouraged a Man’s Suicide

Google and Character.AI Reach Settlements in Teen Chatbot Harm Lawsuits

Parents Sue OpenAI, Citing ChatGPT Exchanges Before Teen’s Suicide

OpenAI Tightens Teen Rules for ChatGPT and Tests Age Prediction as Anthropic Develops Similar Checks

Estate Sues OpenAI and Microsoft, Alleging ChatGPT Fueled Murder-Suicide and Withheld Key Chats

OpenAI and Microsoft Sued After Family Says ChatGPT Fueled Delusions in Murder-Suicide

BMJ Warns of Risky Emotional Bonds With AI Chatbots, Urges Clinician Screening

Pennsylvania Man Indicted on 14 Federal Counts in Multi-State Stalking of 11 Women

OpenAI Files Court Answer Denying ChatGPT Caused Teen’s Suicide