A federal judge has decided that First Amendment protections don’t shield an artificial intelligence company from a lawsuit accusing the firm and its founders of creating chatbots that figured prominently
Case file: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/garcia-v-character-technologies-order.pdf
I think we’re seeing early indicators of the potential legal shit storms in our near future. It’s anecdotal for now. Perhaps it’s worthwhile to start capturing metrics so there’s an empirical view and what guard rails are needed - unless we think court ruling, after the fact, are sufficient.