A Death, A Lawsuit, and Infinite Surveillance

The louder the calls to make AI safer, the more they sound like demands for police access and identity checks.

Christina Maas

When 19-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide after engaging with ChatGPT, the response was immediate.

Public shock, collective grief, and a deep need to assign responsibility. People wanted specifics. Which synthetic decision-making tree was at fault?

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