Since last October, Google and the character. The AI platform has been attacked by a complaint. In Florida, a mother judges them responsible for the death of her 14 -year -old son, who had loved love for one of the catfish chatbots. Taking the image of Daenerys Targaryen, one of the main characters of game of ThronesThis conversational robot would have pushed him to commit the irreparable committing suicide.
His mother, Megan García, also believes that Google is responsible because the company has acquired the characters technology license. AI and that recruited its co -founders as part of a $ 2.7 billion contract last year.
To avoid the trial, the two companies have argued that the words of the chatbot with which the adolescent were discussed were protected by the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In other words, for freedom of expression. An argument that was rejected by a federal judge from Orlando, Florida, as reported by Reuters.
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The judge believes that Google and the character .i did not show that freedom of expression prevents trial, because they could not “explain why the words gathered by a LLM (large model of language, editor’s note) constitute a speech.”
As thus failing, the judge allows the case presented to the court to continue and go to the discovery phase, during which the two parties gather evidence, underline the Washington Post. This could reveal internal information of the character. Ai, as discussions about potential risks for young users.
After the adolescent’s suicide, the application announced several changes to offer them a safer experience. This implies in particular to discuss them with a model of the different from that offered to adults. “We are deeply attached to the security of our users and our goal is to offer them a committed and safe space,” said a Washington Post spokesman.
Google also wanted Justice to conclude that he could not be responsible for having helped the supposed fault of the character. A request also rejected by the judge. “We are in a deep disagreement with this decision. Google and character. A are completely different entities, and Google has not created, designed, managed the character. AI application, nor any of its components,” a spokesman reacted.
Source: BFM TV
